Talent Collectives

Arcade Sets Out to Bring Primetime Budgets to European Creator Media

Television continues to command a large share of traditional media budgets, even as young adults increasingly...

Agency

Darkroom Built a Cannes Villa Around One Thesis: Creators Are Commerce’s Primary Channel

For three years, Darkroom has rented a villa near the Cannes Lions festival to host the...

Tech

Canvas UGC Doesn’t Need Followers. viral.app Is Building the Infrastructure to Run It 

What if reaching a million views on TikTok didn’t require any followers at all? That is...

Platform

Patreon Promotes Mike McGarry to Chief Marketing Officer

Patreon has promoted Mike McGarry to Chief Marketing Officer, the company’s first executive to hold the...

Platform

YouTube Debuts Canadian Creator Shows, New Shopping Tools

YouTube unveiled a slate of Canadian-made creator programming and new shopping features at YouTube Features, a...

Commentary

Podcast Ads Deliver 4.2x ROI, Outperforming Every Other Major Channel, Report Finds

Podcast advertising delivers a 4.2x return on investment, outperforming social media (3.6x), online display (3.2x), digital...

Commentary

Tom Steyer’s Campaign Cleared of Fines Over Undisclosed Influencer Posts

California’s campaign finance regulator has closed its investigation into Tom Steyer’s gubernatorial campaign without issuing fines,...

Platform

YouTube Thumbnail Study of Channels with 100K+ Subscribers Finds ‘Shocked Faces’ on Just 1 in 10 Covers   

A new study of thumbnail design across 1,043 YouTube channels with at least 100,000 subscribers found...

Platform

U.S. Judge Signals Rejection of Key Piece in TikTok’s $400M Privacy Settlement

A federal judge indicated that he plans to reject part of a $400 million settlement between...

Commentary

Creator Economy Event Calendar – September 21, 2026 – VidSummit, Bloomberg Screentime, and More

This issue’s Creator Economy calendar spans seven events from September 22 through October 2, 2026, with...

Talent Collectives

Hoonigan Co-Founder Brian Scotto Joins F=ma, Turns 321 Action Action Into In-House Studio

F=ma, the motorsports and automotive platform that owns RACER, GRIDLIFE and The ID Agency, announced that...

Tech

AnyMind Group Named Premier Partner in Shopify Partner Program

AnyMind Group, a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed BPaaS company, announced it has become a certified Premier Partner...

Tech

MAKE Is Building Banking for Creator Income With Fanvue as Its First Flagship Partnership

A creator earning across multiple platforms and currencies is, in the eyes of most traditional banks,...

Platform

Pinterest Launches Visual Search Ads to Turn Search Results Into a New Ad Placement

Pinterest has unveiled Visual Search Ads, a new ad format that places advertisers directly in Pinterest...

Influencer

MrBeast Announces His ‘Biggest YouTube Video Ever’ After Spending $10M and 1,000+ Hours on It 

Jimmy Donaldson, the creator known as MrBeast, said the YouTube video he plans to release Saturday...

Tech

Video Intelligence Platform Plot Launches AI Tool to Vet Creators by Analyzing Their Video Content

Plot, a New York-based video intelligence platform, has launched Creator Intelligence, an AI-powered product that lets...

Tech

AnyMind Group Launches Platform for Livestreaming Creators

AnyMind Group, a BPaaS company, has launched AnyCreator Stream, a web-based platform that lets creators and...

Tech

Marketing Platform Noise Raises $5.5M Seed to Pay Everyday Creators Per View

Marketing platform Noise has raised a $5.5 million seed round led by Capital Midwest, M25, and...

Platform

OnlyFans CEO Pitches Platform as a Personal-Branding Tool Beyond Adult Content

OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair is making the case that the platform’s value extends well beyond the...

Platform

Whatnot Rolls Out Tiered Commission Rates as Low as 3% for Top Sellers

Whatnot is restructuring how it charges sellers, introducing a tiered commission system that automatically lowers rates...

Commentary

European Parliament Backs EU Code of Conduct for Influencers in Youth Safety Push

On September 17, the European Parliament voted to call for an EU-wide code of conduct governing...

Commentary

U.S. Senators Launch Bipartisan Senate Creators Caucus

Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and John Kennedy (R-LA) this week announced the launch of the Senate...

Platform

Instagram Collaboration Posts Outperform Standard Content, Analysis Finds

Instagram posts published through the platform’s collaboration feature generate stronger organic engagement than a brand’s standard...

Brand

Disney Signs Content and Development Deal With YouTube Kids Creator Like Nastya

Disney has signed a content and development deal with Like Nastya, the kids’ YouTube brand with...

Platform

Snap CEO Says Company Would Consider Teen Time Limits Following Meta Pressure

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel told the BBC the company would be “willing to implement” default time...