Agency

Velocity Capital Management Backs Merger of Creator Agency LV8, Content Network Mirage

Velocity Capital Management, a private equity firm focused on sports, media, and entertainment, has acquired a...

Platform

TikTok, WTA Form Global Content Partnership Built Around Creators, Player Storytelling

TikTok and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) have announced a global content partnership that combines player-led...

Commentary

Boston’s Emerson College to Launch Bachelor’s Degree in Content Creation

Emerson College will launch a Bachelor of Arts in Content Creation in fall 2027, adding a...

Talent Collectives

Former Sony Music Podcast Executive Emily Rasekh Joins CAA’s Creator Division

Emily Rasekh, who most recently led global podcast strategy and operations at Sony Music Entertainment, has...

Influencer

Dating Creator Serena Kerrigan, Star of Peacock Comedy, Signs With CAA

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has signed content creator, comedian and author Serena Kerrigan for representation, per...

Influencer

Jubilee Media to Stream First Live Midterm Election Results Coverage on YouTube

Jubilee Media will host its first live coverage of the 2026 U.S. midterm election results on...

Technology

Steven Bartlett’s Flightcast Now Automates YouTube-to-Spotify Distribution

Flightcast, the video-first podcast hosting platform co-founded by “The Diary of a CEO” host Steven Bartlett,...

Commentary

Creator Economy Job Radar – November 3, 2026 – LinkedIn, eBay, L’Oréal, and More

Creator Economy and Influencer Marketing hiring for the week of November 3, 2026 spans director-level social,...

Strategy

Creators Are Entering Hollywood and UTA Is Advising Brands to Build Relationships Early 

Some time ago, a client came to Liz Fassl after years of influencer work built on...

Commentary

Enterprise Brands Scaling Creator Spend Need Infrastructure Before Budget, per Viral Nation Co-CEO

Joe Gagliese, co-founder and co-CEO of Toronto-based creator marketing company Viral Nation, said enterprise brands routinely...

Commentary

IZEA Founder Says Platforms Are Building AI Replacements for Creators

Ted Murphy, who founded the Influencer Marketing company IZEA, told an audience at Syracuse University that...

Commentary

Instagram Study: Europe Has 12.4M Creator Profiles, but Density Trails the U.S.

Influencity’s 2026 study of Instagram Influencer Marketing in Europe puts the region’s eligible creator pool at...

Influencer

Indian Creator Varun Mayya’s Aeos Group Plans Network of Tens of Thousands of Clip Pages

Aeos, the bootstrapped Indian media group run by creator Varun Mayya, plans to build a clipping...

Influencer

Women’s Sports Creator Coach Jackie J Signs With UTA

Jackie Johnston, the social media personality known as “Coach Jackie J,” has signed with United Talent...

Agency

Influencer Hires Former TikTok MENA Executive Conor Thompson to Lead Brand Partnerships

Marketing agency Influencer has appointed Conor Thompson as Executive Director, Brand Partnerships for the Middle East...

Commentary

Podcast Sponsorships Are an Overlooked Channel for Reaching Gen Z Investors, Fitness Audiences, Report Shows

Podcast advertising is reaching two commercially significant Gen Z sub-audiences, investors and fitness enthusiasts, more effectively...

Influencer

Influencer Marketing Agency YKONE Expands to Tokyo and Milan, Investing in Lateam and Acquiring Digital Dust

Paris-based Influencer Marketing agency YKONE has made two moves in late October to grow its international...

Platform

PodcastOne Forms Special Committee to Weigh Sale After Inbound Acquisition Interest

PodcastOne announced that it has received inbound interest from multiple strategic parties about a potential acquisition...

Influencer

YouTuber Cleetus McFarland to Drive Full-Time for Richard Childress Racing in 2027 ARCA Menards Series

Richard Childress Racing (RCR) announced that Garrett Mitchell, the YouTube personality known to his millions of...

Commentary

Head of Content at $2B AI Company Wispr Flow Shares 9 Lessons From Its Paid UGC Program

Hector Serrano, Head of Content at Wispr Flow, the AI voice-to-text company that raised at a...

Commentary

Creator Economy Event Calendar – November 2, 2026 – AfroTech, Adobe MAX, TwitchCon, and More

This issue’s Creator Economy calendar spans 12 events from November 2 through November 18, 2026, with stops...

Talent Collectives

Management Firm HeartRock Partners Signs Former WWE Champion Leah Van Dale

HeartRock Partners, a management firm that launched on January 1, has signed former WWE Champion Leah...

Commentary

UAE’s Tetr College of Business Offers $100,000 Scholarships to Turn Creators Into Founders

Tetr College of Business, a graduate business school running programs across Shanghai, London and Dubai, is...

Platform

Jonas Brothers Target Guinness World Record With Halloween Concert Inside Roblox Game ‘Steal an Egg’

The Jonas Brothers will perform a virtual concert inside the Roblox game “Steal an Egg” this...

Talent Collectives

Talent Firm Glossary Artists Names Talent Director, Signs Beauty Creator Ashley West

Glossary Artists, the independent talent management firm founded by former TalentX and YMU Entertainment executives, promoted...