Stories By Nii A. Ahene
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Influencer
Italian Influencer Chiara Ferragni Cleared Of Fraud In Charitable Product Promotion Trial
January 16, 2026A Milan court acquitted Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni on January 14 of aggravated fraud charges related...
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Agency
How StreetTalk Turned Street Interviews Into A Performance Engine For Consumer Brands
January 15, 2026StreetTalk is a New York-based creative and advertising company that has built its business around unscripted...
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Influencer
Kai Cenat Expands Into Fashion With Launch Of Clothing Brand Vivet
January 15, 2026Twitch streamer Kai Cenat announced the launch of his clothing brand, Vivet, in a 23-minute YouTube...
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Agency
Creator Agency NewGen Wins Curaleaf Influencer Marketing Account To Combat Medical Cannabis Stigma
January 14, 2026NewGen has secured a partnership with UK medical cannabis clinic Curaleaf to lead its influencer marketing...
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Commentary
The 15 Fastest-Growing UK Instagram Accounts Of December 2025
January 12, 2026Millie Bobby Brown gained 3.6 million Instagram followers in December 2025, outpacing Anthony Joshua’s 2.2 million...
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Influencer
MrBeast Selects 20 Creators For Ghana Village Rebuild Campaign
January 12, 2026Twenty content creators from around the world will join YouTuber MrBeast in Ghana to rebuild a...
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Technology
Gaming Network FGN Acquires Creatraction To Add Creator Marketing To Rural Broadband Gaming Platform
January 12, 2026FGN Inc. (Fiber Gaming Network) has acquired Creatraction in a deal that combines esports infrastructure with...
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Commentary
The 15 Fastest-Growing Australian Instagram Accounts Of December 2025
January 11, 2026Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri gained 237,585 Instagram followers in December 2025, leading a month dominated...
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Commentary
What The Creator Economy Needs More Of In 2026: Perspectives From 92 Experts
January 9, 2026After a year in which the Creator Economy’s growth also exposed its weak points, from measurement...
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Commentary
The 15 Fastest-Growing U.S.-Based Instagram Accounts Of December 2025
January 8, 2026Sadie Sink gained 3.5 million Instagram followers in December 2025 as “Stranger Things” Season 5 dominated...
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Platform
Spotify Expands Partner Program Eligibility, Adds Video Sponsorship Tools
January 8, 2026Spotify lowers entry requirements for its Partner Program and introduces new monetization features as the platform...
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Strategy
Fox Entertainment Debuts Fox Creator Studios With Food Content From Gordon Ramsay, Rosanna Pansino
January 8, 2026Fox Entertainment has launched Fox Creator Studios, a digital-first division focused on developing formats, intellectual property...
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Technology
Famous Birthdays Launches Enhanced Creator Discovery Tools With Social Performance Data Integration
January 7, 2026Famous Birthdays has rolled out an upgrade to its professional analytics product, Famous Birthdays Pro, adding...
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Platform
Instagram Head Adam Mosseri Sees Creator Value Rising As AI Floods Social Feeds
January 5, 2026As artificial intelligence accelerates the production of photorealistic images and video, Adam Mosseri says the next...
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Commentary
Podcast Industry Reaches 3.7 Million Shows As New Launch Rate Drops 40% From Peak, Per Report
January 5, 2026The global podcast industry now contains 3.7 million shows and 189.8 million episodes, according to data...
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Brand
Popeyes Launches Limited-Time Streamer Meals With Agent, Cinna, ExtraEmily In Week-Long Digital Promotion
December 31, 2025Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has launched a series of limited-time digital-only meal bundles in collaboration with seven...
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Brand
Starbucks Partners With MrBeast For ‘Beast Games’ Season 2
December 30, 2025Starbucks has entered a partnership with content creator MrBeast for the second season of “Beast Games:...
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Influencer
Mike Draper On Building A Creator Career Around Consistency, Clarity, And Long-Term Energy
December 29, 2025Mike Draper did not enter the creator economy chasing fame or a personal brand. When he...
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Influencer
Content Creator Dave Jeltema Shares 52 Lessons From Year-Long YouTube Journey To Full-Time Income
December 26, 2025Dave Jeltema, founder of YouTube education business Boundless Creator, documented 52 weekly video uploads that transformed...
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Influencer
Jon Youshaei On Building The Infrastructure Creators Avoid But Can’t Afford To Ignore
December 23, 2025For more than a decade, Jon Youshaei has helped creators understand how platforms work. Now, he...
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Brand
Tubi Debuts ‘Speed’ Series From Creator Kinigra Deon In Partnership With Spotter
December 23, 2025Fox Corporation’s ad-supported streaming service Tubi announced the exclusive debut of “Speed,” a new original series...
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Platform
TikTok’s New U.S. Investors Get Limited Control In Joint Venture Deal, Internal Memo Shows
December 23, 2025TikTok has finalized an agreement to transfer its U.S. operations to a new joint venture majority-owned...
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Influencer
How F1 Photographer & Creator Kym Illman Garnered Over 1.3B Views, 600K Followers Across Platforms In 2025
December 23, 2025Kym Illman, an accredited Formula 1 photographer and content creator, reports generating 1.36 billion views across...
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Strategy
How Ninja And Movers+Shakers Turned Fan Creations Into A Creator-Led Campaign
December 22, 2025When Ninja’s CREAMi machines began popping up on TikTok and Instagram feeds, the momentum didn’t come...
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Technology
AI Creator Platform Humanz Raises $15M, Acquires Ubiquitous, Bambassadors
December 22, 2025Humanz announced a $15 million funding round and the acquisitions of Ubiquitous and Bambassadors. The Tel...
