Commentary

Creator Economy Event Calendar – September 14, 2026 – Digiday Publishing Summit, IAB Creator Marketing Growth Summit, FinCon, and More

This issue’s Creator Economy calendar spans eight events from September 14 through September 20, 2026, anchored...

Tech

Streams Charts Adds YouTube, Kick Audience Data to Its Geo and Demographics Tool

Streams Charts, a livestreaming analytics platform, has expanded its Audience Geo & Demographics tool to cover...

Platform

YouTube Creators, Memes Now Rival Hollywood Celebrities, Super Bowl in Public Recognition, Report Finds

A new “Culture & Trends” report from YouTube, produced in partnership with the research firm NRG,...

Influencer

Kai Cenat’s Fashion Brand Vivet Makes Its Runway Debut at New York Fashion Week

Twitch streamer Kai Cenat‘s clothing brand, Vivet, made its runway debut at New York Fashion Week...

Influencer

Jake & Logan Paul to Coach Rival Fighters in First Joint Hulu-ESPN Series

Jake and Logan Paul are coaching opposing teams of fighters in a new unscripted competition series...

Platform

Texas Judge Rules TikTok Misled Parents on Child Safety Filters

A Texas district judge ruled on September 10 that TikTok violated the state’s consumer protection law...

Commentary

Portuguese Digital Rights Group Sues Meta, TikTok, and YouTube Over Addictive App Design

Portugal’s digital rights group D3 has filed four collective lawsuits against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube,...

Brand

Burger King Turns an Unofficial Rhett and Link Taste Test Into a U.S. Ad Campaign

Burger King has enlisted “Good Mythical Morning” hosts Rhett and Link for an official multi-part campaign...

Influencer

‘Hard Fork’ Hosts Reportedly in Talks for Podcast Deal Worth Up to $5M a Year

Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the former hosts of The New York Times technology podcast “Hard...

Strategy

Alabama Turns to Australian Creators to Convert Road Trip Content Into Direct Bookings

The Alabama Tourism Department and Travel South USA have launched “This is Alabama,” a campaign built...

Commentary

Gen Z Discovers Brands on TikTok, But Trusts Influencers Less Than Friends & Family, Report Finds

Pacsun’s “2026 Youth Report,” compiled with GlobalData from 6,126 U.S. respondents aged 11 to 24, finds...

Commentary

UK Government Spent £175,000 on 16 Influencers to Push Net Zero Messaging, Conservatives Claim

The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) paid roughly £175,000 to 16 social...

Talent Collectives

Talent Management Firm Night Launches Roblox Game Studio

Night, the Dallas-based talent management company that represents creators including Kai Cenat, Sam & Colby, Safiya...

Platform

Pinterest Endorses California’s Adam’s Law, a U.S. Law Regulating AI Companion Chatbots for Minors

Pinterest publicly endorsed California’s Senate Bill 1119, known as “Adam’s Law,” after Governor Gavin Newsom signed...

Tech

Raptive Launches Ad-Supported Community Platform, Giving Creators a 50/50 Revenue Split

Raptive, an ad-management company, launched Raptive Community, an ad-supported platform designed to let creators build direct...

Commentary

TikTok Audiences Are Pulling Toward Six Formats and Scrolling Past the Ones Built to Sell, Q2 Editing Format Index Finds

Creators do not invent a new kind of post every time they film. They reach for...

Platform

Roblox Expands Creator Infrastructure From Game Development to Payments, Distribution, and AI 

Roblox is expanding the infrastructure around its Creator Economy, adding new ways for developers to get...

Talent Collectives

Outshine Talent Is Expanding Across Sports, Entertainment, and Creative Representation

Barbara Jones founded Outshine Talent in 2019 with an early conviction that TikTok would become a...

Commentary

One Fee, No Expiration: 33 Creator Economy Professionals on Whether Perpetual Usage Rights Are Ever a Fair Deal

Usage in perpetuity is among the most consequential and contested terms in creator marketing contracts. Under...

Tech

Triton Digital Adds Demographic Targeting to Its Podcast Ad Platform

Triton Digital has launched Demos+ Demographic Targeting, a new capability that lets advertisers target podcast content...

Talent Collectives

Tiltify Launches Creator Impact Honors, Judged by Eight-Person Jury Including MatPat, McKinsey’s Monica Khan

Tiltify, a creator-driven fundraising platform, has launched the Creator Impact Honors, a new annual awards program...

Talent Collectives

Arcade Signs Max Fosh, Fallow Chefs, and Four Other Acts Ahead of Europe’s First Creator Media Upfront

Arcade, the management company behind YouTube supergroup The Sidemen, has signed six new creators and creator...

Commentary

The 10 Fastest-Growing UK Instagram Accounts of August 2026

Tom Holland added 1.9 million Instagram followers in August as “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” overtook “Avengers:...

Commentary

Affluent Shoppers Trust Creators Nearly 5x More Than Celebrities, YouTube Anchors Luxury Purchase Journey, per Report

Affluent U.S. consumers say they trust content creators far more than celebrities when researching a luxury...

Strategy

Why a Hollywood IP Investment Firm Is Treating YouTube Channels Like Film Libraries

Content Partners has spent two decades buying entertainment assets that keep earning: film and television libraries,...