Commentary

Podcast Ads Earn Higher Trust From LGBTQ+ Consumers Than Social Media, Sounds Profitable Study Finds

A study from Sounds Profitable and Signal Hill Insights found that LGBTQ+ consumers rate podcast advertising...

Commentary

TikTok and Instagram Split Malaysia’s Influencer Market as Xiaohongshu Gains Ground

AnyMind Group released its “Influencer Marketing in Malaysia 2026 Report,” a data-driven analysis of the country's...

Influencer

Peet Montzingo on Advocacy, the Content Treadmill, and Going Ghost Hunting at VidCon

In 2018, Peet Montzingo was hopping fences to get inside VidCon. He was convinced an invitation...

Commentary

Creator Economy Event Calendar – June 15, 2026 – TikTok Bootcamp, Cannes Lions, VidCon, Africa Creative Market, and More

The week of June 15 opens in Dubai with a TikTok content creation program before a...

Commentary

How The Creator Economy Actually Works in 2026

That attention moved from television to the feed is old news. What grew up to replace...

Influencer

Alex Cooper’s Unwell Signs ‘Girls, Disrupted’ Podcast, Launches Substack Newsletter ‘UnSaid’

Alex Cooper’s Gen Z-focused media company Unwell has signed "Girls, Disrupted," a podcast co-hosted by reality...

Commentary

The 10 Fastest-Growing Canadian Instagram Accounts of May 2026

The Montreal Canadiens drew nearly 110,000 new followers on a playoff run to the Eastern Conference...

Agency

BBC Studios Names VCCP Media’s Lindsay Turner VP of Digital Growth to Scale Ad Revenue

BBC Studios Digital Brands has appointed Lindsay Turner as VP Digital Growth and Strategy to lead...

Platform

Google Claims YouTube’s Terms of Service Authorized Its AI Music Training All Along

Google filed a motion to dismiss a federal copyright lawsuit this week, arguing that its YouTube...

Platform

Twitch Is Betting Community Beats Content. Its New Features Are Designed to Prove It

The Creator Economy has spent a decade debating which metrics matter most. Twitch Chief Product Officer...

Agency

NextTrip Acquires Controlling Stake in TikTok Partner Agency YADA to Build Creator-Commerce Travel Platform

NextTrip, Inc. announced that it has acquired a controlling interest in YADA Commerce Inc., a fully...

Commentary

Livestreaming Viewership Grows Across Platforms in Q1 2026 as Kick Posts Steep Y-o-Y Gains

Livestreaming recorded broad growth across major platforms in the first quarter of 2026, with total hours...

Tech

Raptive Launches AI Unit, Acquires AlchemyAI to Monetize Creator Expertise for Brands

Raptive announced the launch of Raptive Intelligence, a new business unit designed to package creator content...

Strategy

Manychat Offers Creators a Times Square Billboard in New Contest Challenging ‘Not a Real Job’ Stigma

Manychat has launched a contest giving U.S.-based content creators the opportunity to win a Times Square...

Platform

YouTube Brings Back Private Messaging 7 Years After First Launch

YouTube is expanding its in-app video sharing and messaging feature to users in the U.S. and...

Platform

Reddit Launches Video Comments for All Users

Reddit has introduced video in comments, making the feature available to all users across its platform...

Platform

TikTok Shop Is More Top-Heavy Than Amazon, With 1% of Sellers Driving 60% of Sales, per Report

New data from Marketplace Pulse shows that revenue on TikTok Shop concentrates among its top sellers...

Platform

Meta Adds AI Assistant, Desktop Version to Edits as Creator Platform Competition Intensifies

Meta previewed two major additions to its Edits video-editing app at an invite-only creator event in...

Tech

Kit Brings Creator Studio Network to NYC With Free Recording Space for Platform Subscribers

Kit, the bootstrapped email marketing platform, has opened a 5,000-square-foot studio in Manhattan's Flatiron District, extending...

Commentary

Canada Introduces Bill to Ban Children Under 16 From Social Media

Canada has introduced legislation that would prohibit children under 16 from holding accounts on social media...