Tech

AI Creator Platform Markable Launches Free Tier, Opening Commerce Tools to All Creators

Markable, an AI-powered creator platform that reports processing more than $1 billion in social commerce sales...

Talent Collectives

From Viral to Viable: Heather Weiss Besignano on Reframing PR for the Creator Economy

Heather Weiss Besignano has built her career on visibility, but not the fleeting kind. As founder...

Platform

ZOOP Launches Globally as Official Social Platform Partner of Inaugural Enhanced Games

ZOOP, a social media platform founded by serial entrepreneur and former OnlyFans executive R.J. Phillips, has...

Platform

Meta Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Scam Ad Profits

The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) filed a class-action complaint against Meta on April 21 in...

Agency

Social-First Creative Agency Uncovered Taps Ex-Coolr Exec Katie Fieldman to Head New Influence Division

Social-first agency Uncovered has appointed Katie Fieldman as Director of Influence, tasking her with leading the...

Tech

Podcast Data Firm Bumper Unveils Audience Verification Metric to Boost Advertiser Confidence

Podcast data and growth firm Bumper has announced the Bumper Score, an audience verification tool designed...

Tech

Content Creator Nas Daily’s AI Startup Raises $27M to Expand AI Platform for Solopreneurs

Nas.com, the AI-powered business platform founded by content creator Nas Daily, whose real name is Nuseir...

Tech

ShopMy Introduces Noir, a Concierge Shopping Service Matching Top Members With Human Stylists

ShopMy has launched Noir, an invite-only personal shopping service that pairs the platform’s highest-spending members with...

Tech

Sound Alerts: The Streaming Tool That Turned Viewer Chaos Into Streamer Revenue

When Twitch launched its “Extensions” program in 2018, most developers treated it as a minor platform...

Strategy

No Pitch, No Performance: Inside the Creator Event That Outran Its Own Venue at SXSW

At most brand activations during South by Southwest (SXSW), the format is familiar: a logo-plastered venue,...

Agency

Influencer Marketing Platform Vamp Adds 4 Leaders Across Finance, Product, Brand, and Client Delivery

Influencer Marketing platform Vamp has appointed four executives to its global leadership team as the company...

Tech

Plaiced CEO Kaaveh Shoamanesh on Building a Network Inside the Internet’s Closed Doors

The open web gets the budgets. The gated web gets the conversations. Kaaveh Shoamanesh, CEO of...

Commentary

Survey: 81% of Creators Rely on Brand Deals as Primary Income Amid Life Milestones 

Creator marketplace #paid has released its “Creator Signals 2026” report, drawing on first-party survey data from...

Tech

SelfMade’s Will Sartorius on Replacing the Creative Brief With a Scraper

Will Sartorius is CEO of SelfMade, a New York-based performance marketing agency, and a driving force...

Commentary

BBB National Programs Launches Creator Certification Program to Boost Influencer Marketing Transparency

The Institute for Responsible Influence (IRI), an initiative housed within BBB National Programs’ Center for Industry...

Platform

Snap Locks In Qualcomm as Long-Term Chip Partner for Specs AR Eyewear Platform

Specs Inc., a Snap subsidiary focused on augmented reality (AR) eyewear, has signed a multi-year strategic...

Agency

BENlabs Shuts Down as Gates Ventures Pulls Funding

BENlabs, the product placement and Influencer Marketing agency founded by Bill Gates in 1989, is winding...

Platform

Digital Platform ripe in Town Launches Brand Partnership Program to Connect Advertisers With Australian Travel Audiences

ripe in Town, a curated digital platform covering food, stays, and travel experiences, has launched a...

Tech

Audio Network Ozen.fm Unveils AI Platform to Turn Live Radio Into Monetizable Podcast Inventory

Audio monetization network Ozen.fm has introduced PodcastBot.ai, an AI-powered platform designed to convert live radio programming...

Commentary

Top 10 Products Sold on TikTok in March 2026

A cordless vacuum that wasn’t on the February list at all tops TikTok Shop’s March 2026...

Tech

Levanta Acquires Amazon Affiliate Network Perch+ to Bolster E-Commerce Creator Marketplace

Levanta, an affiliate and creator platform for e-commerce, has acquired Perch+, an affiliate network built for...

Commentary

Creator Economy Rocks Announces ‘HollyTube’, a Curated LA Immersion Bridging Hollywood, Creator Industry

Creator Economy Rocks, an intelligence platform focused on the Creator Economy, has announced “HollyTube,” a four-day...

Commentary

Creator Pricing, Rewritten: 50 Industry Professionals on Metrics That Actually Predict Performance

Creator partnerships represent a central component of brand media strategies in 2026, with 57% of U.S....

Strategy

Why RACER’s Creator Summit Is Less About Racing and More About Rebuilding Media

On April 16, motorsports media platform RACER will host the inaugural RACER Creator Summit in downtown...

Influencer

The Australian Creator Who Said ‘Yes’ Before She Knew How: Kat Clark Shares Business Blueprint

Kat Clark’s story does not begin with a ring light or a viral moment. It begins...