Talent Collectives

Mylen Yamamoto Tansingco Is Managing Creators for Retirement, Not Just Revenue  

In 2009, before anyone was calling it the Creator Economy, Mylen Yamamoto Tansingco drove two hours...

Tech

GAMED Is Building a Platform to Show What Gaming Audiences Are Actually Worth

A gamer who has spent a decade building achievements, skins, and a reputation across consoles has...

Influencer

Mafe Anzures Designed Her Creator Business for the Day Brand Deals Stop Being Enough 

Mafe Anzures was 17 years old when five-figure ad deals began arriving in her inbox. She...

Platform

Roblox Partners With Mental Health Organizations to Expand Youth Well-Being Support

Roblox announced new mental health partnerships and platform features in May, coinciding with Mental Health Awareness...

Commentary

Bipartisan Bill Would Grant Artists Federal Protection Against AI-Style Impersonation

Three members of Congress introduced legislation on June 3 that would establish a new federal right...

Platform

Meta Launches AI Creator Assistant on Facebook

Meta has announced the launch of “Creator Assistant” on Facebook, a conversational AI tool integrated into...

Commentary

Top 10 Independent Creator Sales on TikTok Shop in May 2026

May 2026’s independent creator rankings on TikTok Shop arrive with a new #1, two first–time entries...

Platform

Meta Tests Episodic Content Hubs to Instagram, Facebook Reels With New ‘Series’ Feature

Meta is testing a new feature called “Series” for Reels on Instagram and Facebook, the company...

Agency

Fluent Inc. Enters Creator Marketing With Trevant, a Performance-Driven Agency

Fluent, Inc. has launched Trevant, an Influencer Marketing agency built to connect creator programs to revenue...

Influencer

Why Para Surf World Champion Liv Stone Is Pushing Brands Beyond the Adaptive Creator Label

When Got Milk came calling, Liv Stone had roughly 10,000 followers and a Para Surf World...

Commentary

Malaysia Joins Global Push to Bar U-16s From Social Media

Malaysia has begun enforcing rules that bar children under 16 from registering social media accounts, joining...

Influencer

From Dorm Room Clippers to Forbes 30 Under 30: How Sly Huncho Reverse-Engineered Virality

In a barbershop in Atlanta, Sylvester Brewster reads a client before picking up the clippers. He...

Influencer

Rachel Huber Coined ‘Latte Makeup,’ Brands Turned It Into a Campaign Cycle 

Rachel Huber (Rigler) was getting ready for Pilates, drinking coffee, and doing a bronzy makeup look...

Tech

Kajabi Launches MCP Integration to Connect AI Tools Directly to Creator Business Accounts

Creator platform Kajabi has released a Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration that allows users to manage...

Commentary

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Debuts on Twitch With ‘Talk with the People’ Series

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani launched a Twitch livestream series called “Talk with the People”...

Agency

Uncovered Launches Influence Division to Solve the Creator Campaign Problem It Says Most Agencies Miss

Brands now know Influencer Marketing works. The problem, according to Nina Landale, is that almost no...

Influencer

‘Circle Round’ Creators Exit Boston Public Radio Station to Launch Independent Kids Podcast

Rebecca Sheir and Eric Shimelonis, the creative team behind the children’s podcast “Circle Round,” have departed...

Commentary

Southeast Asian Creators Accuse Influencer Marketing Platform Partipost of Withholding Campaign Payments

Singapore-based Influencer Marketing platform Partipost is facing public criticism from content creators across Southeast Asia who...

Tech

Digital Content Studio Theorist Partners With Creator Tech Startup Uscreen to Launch Fan Membership Platform

Theorist, a Raleigh and Los Angeles-based digital production studio, has launched TheoryVerse, a fan society and...

Commentary

VidCon or Cannes Lions? 18 Creator Economy Leaders Weigh the Festival Trade-Off

VidCon and Cannes Lions are increasingly competing for attention from the same Creator Economy teams, but...

Tech

Linqia, AirOps Launch Influencer Marketing Solution Targeting AI Search Visibility

Linqia, an Influencer Marketing agency, and AirOps, an AI search platform, announced a partnership to deliver...

Commentary

Creator Economy Event Calendar – May 27, 2026 – SXSW London, TwitchCon Europe, Hollywood Creator Summit, and More

The final days of May and the first week of June 2026 bring a concentrated run...

Influencer

From MAC Counter to Times Square: Inside Marjan Tabibzada’s Creator Business Built on Trust 

When Marjan Tabibzada’s manager called her during breakfast on a brand trip, she was sitting with...

Agency

Charlotte Griffiths on Building Bridge Models to Move Diversity Beyond Fashion’s Drop-Down Menu 

In the early 2010s, as plus-size modeling gained commercial momentum, many of Britain’s largest talent agencies...

Tech

Digital Agency Moburst Lands $11.8M Investment to Deepen AI, Client Services

Moburst, a full-service mobile-first digital marketing agency, has secured an $11.8 million investment from Chrysalis Holdings,...