Stories By Jonathan Oberholster
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Commentary
The 10 Best-Selling Products On TikTok Shop In December 2025
January 16, 2026TikTok Shop closed out 2025 with December rankings spanning from $12.92 supplements to $601.28 electric bikes....
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Agency
How Fallen Media Turned Cultural Instinct Into A Repeatable Short-Form Studio For Creators
January 16, 2026Back when short-form video was still dismissed as a playground for trends and throwaway clips, Sol...
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Influencer
Kelce Brothers Launch Amazon Retail Hub For ‘New Heights’ Podcast Merchandise
January 15, 2026Amazon and the Kelce brothers unveiled Kelce Clubhouse, a retail destination for fans of the “New...
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Platform
WhatsApp Adds Member Tags, Text Stickers To Group Chats
January 14, 2026WhatsApp has released three features for group chats focused on personalization and event management. According to...
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Tech
Podcast Analytics Provider Podstock Partners With Swedish PodX Group For International Expansion
January 13, 2026Podcast analytics company Podstock has formed a partnership with Stockholm-based PodX Group, marking Podstock’s first expansion...
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Talent Collectives
From Brand Deals To Equity: How Friends In Reality Rethinks Creator Management
January 12, 2026Friends In Reality, a New York-based talent management company founded in 2024 by Devain Doolaramani, operates...
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Platform
Snapchat Launches Accelerator Program At 1 Billion Followers Summit
January 12, 2026Snapchat introduced its Snap Accelerator Program at the fourth edition of the 1 Billion Followers Summit...
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Technology
Google Launches Creator Search Tool In Ads Platform For YouTube Partnership Discovery
January 8, 2026Google has introduced Creator Search, a new feature within the Google Ads Creator Partnerships Beta that...
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Influencer
From Finance To Face Paint: How Aditya Madiraju Built A Creator Business On Technique, Discipline, And Trust
January 7, 2026When Aditya Madiraju introduces himself today, he does not hesitate. “Right now, I’m a creator,” he...
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Influencer
How Paige Mackenzie Turned Early TikTok Fame Into A Long-Term Creator Business
January 7, 2026Paige Mackenzie was 15 years old, homeschooled in Arkansas, and scrolling through an app called Musical.ly...
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Technology
New Live News Platform Digitalage Enters Beta Testing With Creator-First Economics
January 6, 2026Digitalage, a subsidiary of Hop-on, Inc., has activated live news feeds and begun controlled beta testing...
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Platform
CapCut Sees Surge In Everyday Creator Use In 2025 As AI Tools Drive Editing Adoption
December 31, 2025CapCut users created billions of projects in 2025 as the video editing platform expanded its artificial...
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Platform
TikTok Launches GamePlan To Help Sports Teams Drive Ticket Sales
December 31, 2025TikTok has introduced GamePlan, a product suite designed to help sports teams, leagues, and broadcasters convert...
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Platform
TikTok Launches Global Winter Sports Campaign With International Ski Federation
December 29, 2025TikTok and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) announced an extended partnership for the 2025/26...
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Platform
TikTok Shop Reaches 200,000 UK Business Sellers As Major Retailers Report Strong Sales
December 26, 2025TikTok Shop has attracted more than 200,000 UK small and medium businesses to its e-commerce platform,...
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Strategy
Don Silvestri On The Trust Shift To Creator-Led Finance And Why Debt.com Reimagined The FinTalk Awards
December 24, 2025For decades, Americans learned how to manage money through banks, financial advisors, and legacy media. That...
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Platform
iHeartMedia To Launch Free Video Podcast Distribution In 2026
December 24, 2025iHeartMedia will expand its podcast platform to support both audio and video distribution within iHeartRadio at...
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Strategy
Tiltify’s Michael Wasserman On Why Creator-Led Giving Is Becoming A Core Layer Of The Creator Economy
December 22, 2025Creator-led fundraising is no longer a niche experiment inside the creator economy. According to new findings...
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Commentary
The 15 Fastest-Growing U.S. Instagram Accounts Of November 2025
December 22, 2025November was a reminder that Instagram growth is still driven by moments: political, cultural, and platform-scale....
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Agency
JDS Projects’ Jenny Dinh Safransky Breaks Down Her Agency’s Long-Term Talent Strategy
December 19, 2025For Jenny Dinh Safransky, creator management is not about sponsorship rates or follower counts. Instead, it’s...
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Commentary
New York Mandates AI Disclosure In Ads As White House Moves To Block State AI Laws
December 19, 2025Artificial intelligence regulation shifted dramatically on December 11, 2025, as New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed...
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Influencer
Influencer Wesley Breed Wants To Make Fashion History Feel Like A Story You Can Carry With You
December 17, 2025Wesley Breed still remembers the bet that pushed him into posting. In 2020, as his junior...
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Talent Collectives
AND Media Emerges As Venture Studio For Left-Leaning Digital Creators
December 17, 2025A new venture studio called AND Media launches with a focus on providing infrastructure and business...
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Talent Collectives
G&B’s New Associate Director Of Talent Believes The Future Of Creator Management Is Human-First
December 17, 2025When G&B Digital Management opened its doors in 2015, the idea of a “digital creator” was...
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Platform
WPP Media Integrates YouTube Creator Data Across Planning, Activation Tools
December 16, 2025WPP Media announced an expansion of its partnership with Google that provides access to YouTube creator...

