Technology

Social Protect: Creating Safer Digital Spaces For The Creator Economy

Shane Britten, founder of Social Protect, is on a mission to improve online safety for content...

Strategy

Audioboom Taps Craig Eastwood To Spearhead Global Expansion

Podcast company Audioboom has appointed Craig Eastwood as Vice President, International, to lead its international expansion...

Platform

YouTube Unveils New Shopping Features To Transform Creator Videos Into Purchase Pathways

YouTube is rolling out new shopping features across long-form videos and Shorts, positioning itself as a...

Influencer

How Kelsey Grennan’s Candid Approach To Binge Eating Recovery Built A Digital Community

Kelsey Grennan used to sneak out of bed in the middle of the night, to grab...

Commentary

Capital One Settles Lawsuit With Creators Over Affiliate Marketing Commission Dispute

Capital One has settled a class-action lawsuit with social media creators who alleged the bank’s Shopping...

Platform

Meta Enters Talks With Major Media Companies To License News For AI Products

Meta is holding discussions with major media companies, including Axel Springer, Fox Corp, and News Corp,...

Commentary

Creator Marketing Takes Top Priority For CMOs In 2026, LTK Study Finds

A new study from LTK and Northwestern University reveals that creator marketing has become the top...

Technology

Audioboom Surpasses $325M In Creator Payouts As Video Podcasting Drives Growth

Global podcast company Audioboom reports surpassing $325 million in payments to podcast creators worldwide, highlighting its...

Agency

‘Influence Without Results Is Just Noise’: How Maison Made In Is Transforming Creator Partnerships

In 2012, Aurélie “Lili” Sauthier was working as a media planner buying banner ads when she...

Platform

Snap Upgrades Operating System Ahead Of 2026 Spectacles Launch

Snap has unveiled Snap OS 2.0 ahead of its public launch of Spectacles in 2026, representing...

Technology

Jukin Licensing Launches AI Integration For Enhanced UGC Content

Founded in 2010 in Los Angeles, Jukin Licensing sources user-generated content (UGC) primarily from platforms such...

Influencer

iShowSpeed Banned From Houston Galleria After Fan Crowd Causes Disruption

Streamer Darren “iShowSpeed” Watkins Jr. has been banned from Houston’s Galleria mall following a chaotic incident...

Influencer

Meet Sydney Kaplan, A Former PR Pro Who Leveraged Her Skills To Build A TikTok Business

With a background in tech PR for companies like Amazon Web Services and Facebook’s Security and...

Brand

Peach Perfect: How Sweetgreen And Pierce Abernathy Grew A Fruitful Creator Campaign

Sweetgreen brought food creator Pierce Abernathy to Frog Hollow Farm, the source of peaches for their...

Commentary

Influencer Marketing Budgets Grow While Brand Safety Measures Lag

A new survey by EMARKETER and Viral Nation reveals that despite increasing investment in the influencer...

Commentary

The Dual Podcast Shift: How Platform Concentration Is Shaping Format Preferences

Podcasting is undergoing a major shift as platform concentration and format preferences converge, creating new challenges...

Strategy

Leading Creative Strategists To Share Performance Marketing Insights At Motion’s Virtual Summit October 9

Marketing software company Motion announced a one-day virtual summit focused on performance marketing strategies for creative...

Influencer

Teen Influencer’s Skincare Launch Draws Thousands Of Fans, Prompts Police Intervention At NJ Mall

Teen influencer Salish Matter‘s appearance at American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Saturday,...

Agency

AVC Expands Influencer Marketing Services With New Cultural Intelligence Framework

Marketing and advertising agency AV Communications (AVC) has launched a new Cultural Intelligence Framework for influencer...

Influencer

Social Media Chef Abir El-Saghir To Become Animated Superhero In New Children’s Series

Spacetoon, the Middle Eastern children’s channel, has partnered with celebrity chef Abir El-Saghir to create an...

Commentary

How Top Podcasts Are Winning Through Cross-Platform Strategy

Top podcasts are generating significantly more engagement on Instagram than platform averages, while YouTube drives the...

Platform

YouTube Draws 17.3M Viewers for First Exclusive NFL Broadcast

YouTube’s inaugural exclusive NFL broadcast, featuring the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers from São...

Influencer

‘Find A Need And Cure The Need’: John-Marc Van Wyk On Achieving Success As A Creator

Content creators must solve business problems, not just produce viral videos. This key principle emerged as...

Brand

CreatorHub Madrid Set To Launch With 50+ Influencers As Partner App Luffa Debuts

CreatorHub Madrid, a new multi-day event focused on content creators and technology, is scheduled to launch...

Platform

Roblox Creators Earn Over $1B As Platform Drives Economic Growth Worldwide

Roblox creators earned more than $1 billion globally from March 2024 to March 2025, marking a...