Brand

Flexjet Acquires TikTok Jet Broker Steve Varsano’s The Jet Business

Flexjet has acquired London-based aircraft brokerage and advisory firm The Jet Business, bringing founder Steve Varsano...

Commentary

Podcast Ads Earn Higher Trust From LGBTQ+ Consumers Than Social Media, Sounds Profitable Study Finds

A study from Sounds Profitable and Signal Hill Insights found that LGBTQ+ consumers rate podcast advertising...

Commentary

TikTok and Instagram Split Malaysia’s Influencer Market as Xiaohongshu Gains Ground

AnyMind Group released its “Influencer Marketing in Malaysia 2026 Report,” a data-driven analysis of the country’s...

Influencer

Alex Cooper’s Unwell Signs ‘Girls, Disrupted’ Podcast, Launches Substack Newsletter ‘UnSaid’

Alex Cooper’s Gen Z-focused media company Unwell has signed “Girls, Disrupted,” a podcast co-hosted by reality...

Agency

BBC Studios Names VCCP Media’s Lindsay Turner VP of Digital Growth to Scale Ad Revenue

BBC Studios Digital Brands has appointed Lindsay Turner as VP Digital Growth and Strategy to lead...

Platform

Google Claims YouTube’s Terms of Service Authorized Its AI Music Training All Along

Google filed a motion to dismiss a federal copyright lawsuit this week, arguing that its YouTube...

Agency

NextTrip Acquires Controlling Stake in TikTok Partner Agency YADA to Build Creator-Commerce Travel Platform

NextTrip, Inc. announced that it has acquired a controlling interest in YADA Commerce Inc., a fully...

Commentary

Livestreaming Viewership Grows Across Platforms in Q1 2026 as Kick Posts Steep Y-o-Y Gains

Livestreaming recorded broad growth across major platforms in the first quarter of 2026, with total hours...

Tech

Raptive Launches AI Unit, Acquires AlchemyAI to Monetize Creator Expertise for Brands

Raptive announced the launch of Raptive Intelligence, a new business unit designed to package creator content...

Strategy

Manychat Offers Creators a Times Square Billboard in New Contest Challenging ‘Not a Real Job’ Stigma

Manychat has launched a contest giving U.S.-based content creators the opportunity to win a Times Square...

Platform

YouTube Brings Back Private Messaging 7 Years After First Launch

YouTube is expanding its in-app video sharing and messaging feature to users in the U.S. and...

Platform

Reddit Launches Video Comments for All Users

Reddit has introduced video in comments, making the feature available to all users across its platform...

Platform

TikTok Shop Is More Top-Heavy Than Amazon, With 1% of Sellers Driving 60% of Sales, per Report

New data from Marketplace Pulse shows that revenue on TikTok Shop concentrates among its top sellers...

Platform

Meta Adds AI Assistant, Desktop Version to Edits as Creator Platform Competition Intensifies

Meta previewed two major additions to its Edits video-editing app at an invite-only creator event in...

Tech

Kit Brings Creator Studio Network to NYC With Free Recording Space for Platform Subscribers

Kit, the bootstrapped email marketing platform, has opened a 5,000-square-foot studio in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, extending...

Commentary

Canada Introduces Bill to Ban Children Under 16 From Social Media

Canada has introduced legislation that would prohibit children under 16 from holding accounts on social media...

Brand

Crocs Becomes First U.S. Footwear Brand to Embed TikTok Shop Into a Microdrama Series

Crocs and creator commerce agency SuperOrdinary are launching “Déjà Shoe,” a seven-episode TikTok microdrama series that...

Commentary

How to Cold Start TikTok Shop in 2026, According to 20 Creator Marketing Experts

TikTok Shop has become a larger part of product discovery for small businesses, but that opportunity...

Platform

Spotify Rolls Out Creator Analytics Suite, Adopts 30-Second Play Standard Aligned With AMP Framework

Spotify has launched a set of new analytics tools for podcast and video creators, pairing the...

Platform

LinkedIn Launches BrandWorks to Provide Creative Strategy, Campaign Support for B2B Advertisers

LinkedIn has launched BrandWorks, a dedicated team of marketing experts that delivers hands-on creative strategy, content...

Platform

LinkedIn Plans Suite of Creator Monetization Tools in Fiscal 2027, Documents Show

LinkedIn is developing a suite of new monetization tools for creators, including a brand deals marketplace,...

Commentary

U.S. Warns Foreign Content Creators: Tourist Visas Do Not Permit Paid Content Production

The U.S. government has warned foreign content creators that producing income-generating content while on a tourist...

Platform

LinkedIn Introduces Creator Marketplace to Connect Brands With B2B Creators

LinkedIn has launched Creator Marketplace, a new tool within Campaign Manager that enables brands to discover...

Influencer

Content Creator & Actress Nailea Devora Signs With CAA

Mexican-American content creator and actress Nailea Devora has signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for representation,...

Agency

Later Appoints HR Exec Dena Upton as Chief People Officer Amid Expansion

Later has appointed Dena Upton as Chief People Officer, expanding its executive leadership team as the...