Stories By Dragomir Stojkov
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Talent Collectives
CAA, Integrated Media Company Form $250M Creator Economy Holding Company
June 11, 2026Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and Integrated Media Company (IMC) have launched Compound Creative Holdings, a $250...
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Platform
YouTube Names 25-Creator Global Roster for FIFA World Cup 2026 Coverage
June 11, 2026YouTube has selected 25 creators to cover the FIFA World Cup 2026™, assembling a group that...
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Platform
Pinterest Now Lets Creators Link Amazon Storefronts Directly to Their Profiles
June 11, 2026Pinterest has launched Amazon Storefront linking, a tool that lets creators connect their Amazon Storefront directly...
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Commentary
Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’ Trailer Revives Facebook Files Debate Over Platform Transparency, Creator Risk
June 11, 2026Sony Pictures released the first trailer for director Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social Reckoning” on June 10,...
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Commentary
LadBible Owner Issues Second Profit Warning in Two Months as AI, Algorithm Changes Drain Web Traffic
June 10, 2026LBG Media, the Manchester-based digital publisher behind LadBible and Betches, has issued its second profit warning...
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Influencer
PewDiePie Releases Free, Open-Source AI Workspace Targeting Creator Data Privacy
June 10, 2026Felix Kjellberg, the YouTube creator known as “PewDiePie,” released Odysseus on May 31, a free, open-source,...
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Commentary
Creator Content Accounts for 44% of Enterprise Paid Media Creative, Study Finds
June 10, 2026A new report from Influencer Marketing platform CreatorIQ found that creator content now accounts for 44%...
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Commentary
Moonbug Taps UCLA Research Partnership to Counter CoComelon Overstimulation Claims
June 10, 2026Moonbug Entertainment, the studio behind preschool franchises CoComelon, Blippi, and Little Angel, published a set of...
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Commentary
U.S. Government Urges UK to Favor Parental Controls Over Platform Bans in Child Online Safety Consultation
June 10, 2026The United States government submitted a formal response on June 5 to the UK’s ongoing consultation...
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Commentary
Creator Seeding Overtakes Paid Social as Primary CPG Discovery Engine, Report Finds
June 10, 2026Creator seeding has overtaken paid social advertising as the primary discovery channel for consumer packaged goods...
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Platform
TikTok Launches ‘Community Fest 2026’ With Creator Academy, Global LIVE Tournament
June 10, 2026TikTok has announced “Community Fest 2026,” a summer-long program combining educational workshops, in-app competitions, and community-building...
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Influencer
MrBeast Gets First-Ever Board Game as Beast Industries Expands Into Tabletop
June 10, 2026Beast Industries and Moose Toys have unveiled “MrBeast: The Ultimate Game,” the first board game from...
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Agency
Sundial Media Launches Creator Agency THEIA, Names Society 18 Founder Pamela Zapata as Head
June 10, 2026Sundial Media & Technology Group (SMTG) has launched THEIA, a creator marketing agency designed to help...
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Tech
Bumper Opens Podcast Analytics Dashboard to All Creators With Free Tier
June 9, 2026Podcast data firm Bumper is opening its analytics dashboard to all creators through a new free...
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Influencer
Jenny Hoyos Grew Up Dreaming About VidCon and Now She Returns With a Strategy She Is Done Keeping to Herself
June 9, 2026Before Jenny Hoyos had millions of subscribers, she was close to walking away. Her videos were...
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Tech
Postr Launches With a Bid to Standardize Creator Marketing Pricing and Campaign Workflows
June 9, 2026Demetrios Kafouros spent more than two decades running retail and real estate operations, often as the...
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Commentary
Gary Lineker’s Podcast Network Goalhanger Named Britain’s Fastest-Growing Private Company
June 8, 2026Goalhanger, the London-based podcast and media company co-founded by former England footballer Gary Lineker, topped the...
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Commentary
Creator Economy Event Calendar – June 8, 2026 – VidCon, Cannes Lions, Craft + Commerce, and More
June 8, 2026The mid-June calendar brings a mix of in-person and virtual events targeting independent creators, brand marketers,...
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Platform
YouTube Brings Creator Premieres Format to Europe, Pitching German Creators as Prime-Time TV Alternative
June 5, 2026YouTube held its first European Creator Premieres event in Berlin on June 2, bringing approximately 70...
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Brand
Samsung TV Plus Taps Dhar Mann Studios for Its First Original Scripted Series
June 5, 2026Samsung TV Plus debuted its first original scripted series on June 5, partnering with Dhar Mann...
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Agency
Talent Veterans Behind Main Character Want Brands to Stop Buying Celebrity and Start Buying Culture
June 5, 2026Courtney Worthman and Stacey Gersten built their careers along parallel paths that converged at a talent...
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Agency
Moburst Names Melissa Gruhin Vice President of Creative
June 4, 2026Moburst, a mobile-first digital marketing agency, has appointed Melissa Gruhin as Vice President of Creative. Gruhin...
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Commentary
YouTube Daily Usage Surpasses Netflix Worldwide
June 4, 2026YouTube overtook Netflix in average daily minutes per user in 2025, reaching 99.1 minutes per day...
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Commentary
BBC Studios Podcast Campaign Lifts Awareness 45% Among High-Earning World Cup Travelers
June 3, 2026A podcast advertising campaign designed to reach World Cup travel audiences increased brand awareness by 45%...
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Platform
X Launches ‘React with Video,’ Letting Users Record Video Reactions to Posts
June 3, 2026X has introduced “React with Video,” a new feature that allows users to film video responses...
