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Commentary
Why POP.STORE Is Betting VidCon 2026 Will Change How Creators Think About Business
June 9, 2026Creator burnout has a structural cause. Most creators spend more time managing their business than building...
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Tech
Postr Launches With a Bid to Standardize Creator Marketing Pricing and Campaign Workflows
June 9, 2026Demetrios Kafouros spent more than two decades running retail and real estate operations, often as the...
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Commentary
Creator Economy Job Radar – June 8, 2026 – OnePay, Rare Beauty, Mirage, and More
June 9, 2026Creator Economy and Influencer Marketing hiring in the week of June 8, 2026, extends across fintech,...
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Agency
Accenture Song Goes All-In on Social With Acquisition of Leading Creator Agency Whalar
June 8, 2026Accenture Song has agreed to acquire Whalar, the independent creator and social agency, from its parent...
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Strategy
RockWater’s ‘Night Before VidCon’ Goes Official as Creator Economy M&A Exits the Hype Cycle
June 8, 2026The Creator Economy has no shortage of conferences, panels, and pitch competitions. What it still lacks,...
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Commentary
Gary Lineker’s Podcast Network Goalhanger Named Britain’s Fastest-Growing Private Company
June 8, 2026Goalhanger, the London-based podcast and media company co-founded by former England footballer Gary Lineker, topped the...
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Commentary
Social Commerce Growing 4x Faster Than E-Commerce as Creator Partnerships Drive Revenue, Report Finds
June 8, 2026Creator-powered social commerce is growing at four times the rate of traditional e-commerce, with global social...
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Agency
Earmax Media Arrives in the UK With a Fix for Podcast Advertising’s Wastage Problem
June 8, 2026When Ralph van Dijk and Andy Maxwell founded Earmax Media in 2024, they were responding to...
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Talent Collectives
Affluence Wants to Become the Financial Back Office for Self-Employed Creators
June 8, 2026The Creator Economy is projected to reach $480 billion in value by 2027, yet most of...
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Influencer
Mafe Anzures Designed Her Creator Business for the Day Brand Deals Stop Being Enough
June 8, 2026Mafe Anzures was 17 years old when five-figure ad deals began arriving in her inbox. She...
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Platform
TikTok Partners With Sundance Collab to Offer Creators Free Micro-Series Writing Course
June 8, 2026TikTok and Sundance Institute announced a new micro-series writing program through Sundance Collab, the institute's digital...
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Talent Collectives
Ex-Wheelhouse CSO Ed Simpson Exits After 15 Years to Launch Creator-Focused Investment Company
June 8, 2026Ed Simpson, who served as Chief Strategy Officer at “Calabasas Confidential” producer Wheelhouse, has left the...
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Influencer
Film & TV Creator Reece Feldman Signs With CAA for Representation
June 8, 2026Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has signed Reece Feldman, the content creator and filmmaker known as @guywithamoviecamera,...
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Platform
Roblox Partners With Mental Health Organizations to Expand Youth Well-Being Support
June 8, 2026Roblox announced new mental health partnerships and platform features in May, coinciding with Mental Health Awareness...
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Brand
Overtime, Fox One Launch ‘Race to Glory’ Creator Competition Series Around FIFA World Cup
June 8, 2026Fox One and social-first sports media company Overtime have partnered on an unscripted short-form digital series...
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Commentary
Creator Economy Event Calendar – June 8, 2026 – VidCon, Cannes Lions, Craft + Commerce, and More
June 8, 2026The mid-June calendar brings a mix of in-person and virtual events targeting independent creators, brand marketers,...
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Commentary
State of Capital in the Creator Economy 2026
June 7, 2026For years almost no serious capital would touch a creator. The audiences were real, the revenue...
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Commentary
The 10 Fastest-Growing U.S. Instagram Accounts of May 2026
June 5, 2026Belmont Cameli gained nearly 3 million Instagram followers in May, with visibility around “Off Campus” and...
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Platform
YouTube Brings Creator Premieres Format to Europe, Pitching German Creators as Prime-Time TV Alternative
June 5, 2026YouTube held its first European Creator Premieres event in Berlin on June 2, bringing approximately 70...
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Brand
Rhino USA Is Building a Texas Content Campus to Scale TikTok Shop Creator, Live Commerce Strategy
June 5, 2026Rhino USA, a truck and towing gear brand, is developing a 182-acre property in Central Texas...
