Tech

Rebel Audio Adds Executives From Twitch, Audible and MGM Studios Ahead of Public Launch 

Rebel Audio, the AI-powered podcasting platform, has appointed Randeep Bhatia as Chief Technology Officer and Patrice...

Influencer

Jourdan Blue Has Been Performing His Whole Career … The Livestream Is What Pays

Jourdan Blue’s early livestreaming setup had one unusual piece of equipment: a TV remote control. He...

Technology

Raptive Launches Free, Ad-Supported Creator Communities to Rival the Paywall Model

Raptive has launched Raptive Community, a free, ad-supported platform that gives creators a dedicated space to...

Strategy

How ContenFest Turned Montreal’s Language Divide Into a Creator Economy Advantage

Canada’s Creator Economy runs along a language fault line. In Quebec, Francophone creators operate in a...

Technology

Upfluence Turns Its Creator Marketing Platform Fully Agentic, Betting AI Can Run Campaigns End to End

Running an influencer campaign has always required someone to find creators, write outreach, handle negotiations, review...

Tech

From Campaigns to Payouts: CreatorCore Is Building Infrastructure for End-to-End Creator Campaign Management 

When The Clementine Group, a talent management and Influencer Marketing agency, outgrew spreadsheets, co-founders Dominick Paielli...

Influencer

Meet Bruce ‘Pop Pop’ Johnson, the Grandfather the Internet Didn’t Know It Needed

Alexander, 39, portrays Bruce “Pop Pop” Johnson, a fictional grandfather character whom he built around a...

Agency

HardScope Launches Studio Built Around Creator-Led IP With N3on, Zach Justice Series

HardScope, the creator media company founded and led by DraftKings co-founder Matt Kalish, has built an...

Commentary

CNN, Jubilee Media Partner on Texas Senate Town Hall With James Talarico

CNN and digital media company Jubilee Media will co-host a town hall with Texas Senate candidate...

Commentary

Creator Economy Job Radar – September 29, 2026 – Discord, WEBTOON, HYBE AMERICAS, and More

Creator Economy and Influencer Marketing hiring for the last week of September 2026 spans major platforms,...

Commentary

Creator Deals Are Three Products, Most Brands Are Buying One

Every creator deal invoice lands as one number. Julia Salume says it should be three. The...

Commentary

Jon Stewart, Amy Poehler, Oprah Winfrey Headline 2026 Signal Awards Finalists as Podcast Submissions Rise 30%

The Signal Awards, now in its fifth year, has named finalists for its 2026 honors, with...

Tech

partnrUP Rebuilds Platform to Automate the Manual Work Behind Creator Campaigns

Boston-based creator marketing platform partnrUP.ai has announced a platform rebuild, using AI agents to automate work...

Technology

Fairing, Podscribe Partner to Bring Show-Level Attribution to Podcast Advertising

Fairing, a customer attribution platform, and Podscribe, an IAB-certified podcast measurement provider, announced a partnership that...

Commentary

Rumble Lands WWE Main Event as New Streaming Home Beginning October 14

Rumble will become the new streaming home of WWE Main Event beginning October 14, under a...

Commentary

Creator Economy Event Calendar – September 28, 2026 – Advertising Week New York, Content Marketing World, and VidSummit

This issue’s Creator Economy calendar spans nine events from September 29 through October 13, 2026, with...

Talent Collectives

Red Seat Ventures Backs Top Creators to Build a Cross-Platform Media Network

Red Seat Ventures debuted at No. 4 on the Edison Podcast Ranker by total reach this...

Platform

Temu Shuts Down Fake Influencer Network on Meta After Fortune Investigation

Temu has largely stopped funding a network of fake influencer accounts on Meta’s platforms in the...

Platform

LinkedIn Trials a ‘Network’ Tab in Bid to Revive Engagement Between Connections

LinkedIn is testing a new “Network” tab that would show users a feed made up entirely...

Commentary

Chicago Weighs Disclosure Rules for Paid Political Influencer Posts

Chicago Alderman Matt Martin has introduced a proposal that would require political committees and the influencers...

Platform

YouTube, Coachella Extend Exclusive Livestream Partnership Through 2030

YouTube and Goldenvoice have renewed their exclusive global livestream and content partnership for the Coachella Valley...

Platform

Minecraft Developer Outlines Vision for a ‘Creator Platform’

Mojang Studios, the Microsoft-owned video game developer behind Minecraft, used the fall 2026 edition of Minecraft...

Commentary

Kuwait’s New Digital Commerce Law Requires Businesses to Keep Influencer Records for Five Years

Kuwait has enacted a Digital Commerce Law that requires businesses using influencers to retain all records...

Commentary

Clipping 101: Inside the Clipping Economy

You have probably heard of the concept of clipping. You have definitely seen it. A podcast...

Brand

Dhar Mann Studios and Invisalign Campaign Surpasses 70M Views

Dhar Mann Studios and Invisalign have reached more than 70 million total views globally on their...