Strategy

Creators As The New Store Associates: Why PACKFIRE & Popfly Built An Ambassador Program For Trust, Not ROI

PACKFIRE, an outdoor brand selling portable fire pits, began developing its creator strategy with no expectation...

Commentary

Senate Democrats To Host First Creator Summit At U.S. Capitol On Feb. 11

Senate Democrats are planning their first creator summit, bringing together content creators, independent journalists, and new...

Strategy

How A Dark Comedy Film Became A Creator-Led Campaign: Inside D(e)AD’s Path To Global Scale

What does it look like when an independent film skips festivals, studios, and traditional distributors, and...

Commentary

Managing Creator Contracts At Scale: 25 Industry Voices On Tools, Trade-Offs, And Legal Risk

As creator partnerships scale, contracts have moved from back-office paperwork to frontline infrastructure. What once worked...

Influencer

Bryan the Diamond On Building A Creator Career Through Consistency, Relatability, And Long-Term Strategy

Before he was recognized by fans in public spaces, Bryan the Diamond was working overnight delivery...

Tech

Ipsos Synthesio Adds ViralMoment AI Video Intelligence Tools To Social Listening Platform

Ipsos Synthesio, a consumer intelligence platform, announced a partnership with ViralMoment, an AI-powered social video analytics...

Commentary

Survey Exposes Social Media’s Funnel Gap As Marketers Struggle To Translate Strategy Into Practice

Despite near-universal agreement that social media is essential to brand building, most marketers still fail to...

Strategy

Inside Vybes Villa: How A Dating App Became Creator-Led IP

On January 12, Gen Z dating app Vybes premiered Vybes Villa, a creator-led reality series designed...

Influencer

Influencer Chiara Ferragni Makes Fashion Comeback With GUESS Spring 2026 Campaign

GUESS has announced Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni as the face of its Spring/Summer 2026 global advertising...

Agency

Creator Agency NewGen Extends KSI Partnership Into Fourth Year

NewGen has retained KSI as a social publishing services client for the fourth consecutive year, the...

Commentary

The 10 Fastest-Growing Canadian Instagram Accounts Of 2025

Winnipeg fitness creator Shai Ross added 1.6 million followers in 2025, leading a list dominated by...

Influencer

YouTuber Alan Chikin Chow Partners With Netflix, HYBE AMERICA For Scripted K-Pop Series

YouTube Shorts creator Alan Chikin Chow is developing a scripted series for Netflix in partnership with...

Technology

Redflag AI: Bringing Enterprise-Grade Content Protection To The Creator Economy

For years, content protection has been a problem solved primarily for the largest media companies: film...

Platform

TikTok Deploys Enhanced AI Detection Technology To Remove Underage Users In Europe

TikTok will roll out enhanced age-detection technology across Europe in the coming weeks, following a year-long...

Influencer

Sedge Beswick Launches YouTube Series To Share The Unseen Realities Of Building Creator-Led Businesses

Marketing consultant and strategist Sedge Beswick has spent much of her career working behind the scenes...

Technology

Creator Vetting Platform VwD Launches AI Scoring Update With OnlyFans Account Detection

VwD has rolled out a set of updates to its creator vetting platform that adjust how...

Commentary

California Lawmaker Ro Khanna Introduces ‘Creator Bill Of Rights’ Targeting Platform Economy Protections

Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) has introduced a resolution supporting expanded protections for creators and digital workers...

Agency

CreatorX Debuts Ahead Of Podfest With Multi-Channel Creator Advertising Exchange

Creator Exchange (CreatorX) has begun onboarding creators, networks, and advertisers ahead of Podfest (Jan. 15-18) in...

Influencer

Ravengriim Breaks Down Her Long Game: Consistency, Creative Control, And Expanding Beyond Social Video

Ravengriim built her creator career by refusing to flatten her interests into a single lane, operating...

Platform

TheFlow Founder Michael Hanuschik On Designing A Healthy Ecosystem For The Creator Economy

Michael Hanuschik believes that for digital platforms to be healthy ecosystems, the creators must receive the...

Agency

Edelman Appoints Ex-TikTok Exec Jo Burford To Lead Creator Marketing Expansion Across EMEA

Edelman announced Jo Burford as Head of Creator Marketing for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)...

Commentary

CreatorIQ Survey Finds Creator Pay Skews To Top Tier Despite Rising Influencer Marketing Spend

Creator marketing budgets continued to expand in 2025, but earnings gains did not spread evenly across...

Agency

QYOU Media-Owned Chtrbox Expands To Middle East With Dubai Hub Under Former TikTok India Head

Chatterbox Technologies Limited, known as Chtrbox and majority-owned by QYOU Media, has launched international operations, with...

Influencer

Cattien Le’s Unscripted Path To Independence In The Creator Economy

Cattien Le’s career has been shaped less by strategic ambition than by a steady accumulation of...

Talent Collectives

Link Management Launches As Digital Creator Talent Firm With 50+ Client Roster

Link Management launches as a digital creator talent firm representing more than 50 creators with a...