Commentary

Disney+ Closes Gap With Netflix and Prime Video as Creator Push Accelerates

Disney+ posted its strongest annual market share gain in the U.S. subscription streaming market during the...

Platform

Meta Launches ‘Forum,’ a Reddit-Like Platform Built on Facebook Groups

Meta has released a standalone app called “Forum,” a dedicated platform for Facebook Groups that positions...

Commentary

40% of Brands Are Invisible on TikTok and Refluenced Says Smaller Creators May Be the Fix

Gen Z is quietly replacing Google with TikTok for product discovery, and most brand influencer strategies...

Tech

Alex, Leila Hormozi Sign With CAA to Expand Speaking, Podcasting, and Brand Partnerships

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has signed Alex and Leila Hormozi, co-founders and managing partners of private...

Tech

After Vimeo Price Hikes, Livid Courts Creators and Small Businesses Weighing Alternatives

When Bending Spoons acquired Vimeo in late 2025, some small business customers received notices of price...

Influencer

Meet Roxy Couse, the Corporate Insider Making Personal Branding a Strategy for Visibility 

Roxy Couse was already doing the work. Three lateral moves and years of filling gaps no...

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...

Influencer

How Phaith Montoya Turned Rock Bottom Into a Mental Health Movement

In 2020, Phaith Montoya was newly graduated, newly single, newly jobless, and newly alone in a...

Agency

Travel Influencer Agency Anorak Builds Out Social Division After Landing Carrefour Voyages

Anorak Travel, the Montreal-based Influencer Marketing and content creation agency focused on the travel and tourism...

Platform

Spotify Launches Creator Monetization Push With Fan Remix Tool, Podcast Memberships

Spotify announced two new creator monetization tools at its 2026 Investor Day in New York, introducing...

Strategy

Social Commerce Won’t Scale the Way Brands Expect – Deloitte’s Dennis Ortiz Says Start With Creators

For years, the promise of social commerce in the U.S. has trailed its reality. Brands have...

Commentary

UK Podcast Listeners Recall Ads at Near-Parity With Broadcast TV, New Study Finds

Podcast advertising in the United Kingdom reaches a larger, more commercially responsive audience than previously measured,...

Agency

Billion Dollar Boy Unveils Creator-Led Social Hubs to Help Brands Manage Local Presence at Scale

Creator agency Billion Dollar Boy has launched Social Hubs, an operating model that deploys regional creator-led...

Commentary

VidCon Names Markiplier, Philip DeFranco, Michelle Phan, and Cassey Ho as 2026 Hall of Fame Inductees

VidCon has announced the second annual class of its Hall of Fame, naming creator and filmmaker...

Tech

Later Launches Creator-Focused Answer Engine Optimization Tool

Later has launched creator AEO, an Answer Engine Optimization offering built for Influencer Marketing that helps...

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...

Platform

TikTok Shop Small Business Sales Jump 66% as Platform Reshapes Product Discovery

U.S. small businesses on TikTok Shop increased sales by 66% in 2025 compared to the prior...

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

Podcast Listening Moves Into Daily Habits as Comedy, Sports Gain Ground, Data Shows

Podcast listening is becoming more embedded in everyday routines as Comedy and Sports audiences expand, according...

Strategy

How DICK’S Turned Its Varsity Team Creator Program Into a Brand Marketing Channel

DICK’S Sporting Goods’ creator program began with a problem Nicole Marcus, the company’s Manager of Influencer...