Influencer

Alex Cooper’s Unwell Sets September Premiere for ‘Unwell Summer Games’ on YouTube

Unwell, the media company run by Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan, will launch “Unwell Summer Games”...

Tech

AI Creator Marketing Platform Archive Launches AI Agent for Vetting

Archive, an AI-native creator marketing platform, has launched an AI agent called “Archie” that finds and...

Commentary

Livestreaming Industry Stalls in Q2 as YouTube Live Extends Its Lead

Livestreaming viewership across major platforms was essentially flat quarter over quarter in the second quarter of...

Agency

The Podcast Consultant Acquires B2B Podcast Producer Rise25

The Podcast Consultant, a Chicago-based business podcast production agency, announced that it has merged with Rise25,...

Commentary

Creator Economy Job Radar – September 1, 2026 – TikTok, Disney, Riot Games, and More

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

Commentary

Singapore to Require Social Media Safeguards for Teens, Threatens to Raise Minimum Age to 18 for Non-Compliant Platforms

Singapore will introduce legislation early next year requiring social media platforms to implement stronger safeguards for...

Brand

Giordano’s Enlists Food Creator Adam Witt for Limited-Edition Great Chicago Fire Pizza

Giordano’s, the Chicago deep-dish pizza chain, has partnered with food content creator Adam Witt to launch...

Influencer

YouTuber Markiplier Becomes GoPro’s Largest Shareholder With 8.5% Stake

Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach has built a position representing 8.5% of GoPro’s Class A common stock, making...

Brand

Chipotle Hands Its New National Ad Campaign to 100 Creators, With Zero Brand-Shot Footage

Chipotle Mexican Grill has unveiled the latest edition of its “Behind the Foil” campaign, built entirely...

Talent Collectives

Digital Brand Architects Signs Sports-Adjacent Lifestyle Creators Shannon Hart, Mya’Danielle Smith

Digital Brand Architects (DBA) has signed lifestyle creators Shannon Hart and Mya’Danielle Smith, both of whom...

Platform

Report Shows Meta Enlisting Parent Influencers to Sell Teen Accounts as Bans Loom

Meta is running paid influencer campaigns across multiple countries promoting its Teen Accounts safety tools, using...

Platform

Poland Asks EU to Fine Meta €250M Over Fraudulent Ads

Poland has formally asked the European Commission to fine Meta Platforms €250 million (~$291.3 million), accusing...

Influencer

PrizePicks Extends Partnership With ‘Most Influential Creator’ Druski

PrizePicks has launched a new commercial series starring comedian Druski (Drew Desbordes) to mark an extended...

Strategy

Sen. Ed Markey’s Reelection Campaign Enlists Influencers in Massachusetts Senate Primary

U.S. Senator Ed Markey’s reelection campaign is working with social media influencers, some paid and some...

Brand

Dr. Squatch and iShowSpeed Launch $1M Fan Contest Across Four Countries

Dr. Squatch, the personal care brand owned by Unilever, has announced “Speedrun: Million Dollar Mission,” a...

Commentary

Brazilian University and Ad Studio Launch Free AI Protocol Citing Pope Leo XIV Encyclical

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) and Brazilian creative company 404 Innovation Studio launched a campaign...

Commentary

China’s New Influencer Law Comes Into Effect, Targeting Rumors, Cyberbullying

New regulations from China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) governing content creators across multiple platforms take effect today,...

Talent Collectives

TBN Talent Hires Talent Manager Emma Heiland to Build a Long-Term Creator Strategy Practice

Emma Heiland’s first question for any creator she works with is not how large their audience...

Tech

JetBrains Spinout Kineto Launches an AI Agent for Operational Work Behind Influencer Marketing

Kineto, an AI company spun out of JetBrains, has launched Kinetik For Teams, an AI agent...

Influencer

How ‘Girl Who Eats Art’ Creator Juliet Rofé Built a Business Doing What She Was Told Not to Do 

In a friend’s garage, on a freezing afternoon, Juliet Rofé kept her phone plugged into the...

Commentary

Creator Economy Event Calendar – August 31, 2026 – FinCon, IAB CreatorFronts, HubSpot UNBOUND, and More

This issue’s Creator Economy calendar spans nine events from September 3 through September 20, 2026, concentrated...

Platform

YouTube Adds Amazon to Its Shopping Affiliate Program

YouTube is adding Amazon to its Shopping Affiliate Program, allowing eligible U.S. creators to tag Amazon...

Influencer

YouTube Golf Group Good Good’s CEO Accuses Callaway of Coordinated ‘Media Blitz’ After Ad Scandal Fallout

Matt Kendrick, founder and CEO of YouTube golf group Good Good, publicly accused Callaway of orchestrating...

Platform

Ina Garten Launches YouTube Channel With Vox Media-Backed Video Podcast

“Barefoot Contessa” host and cookbook author Ina Garten has launched her first official YouTube channel to...

Commentary

UK Influencer Disclosure Failures Remain Widespread as Regulators Prepare New AI Rules

UK influencer advertising disclosure failures remain widespread, and regulators are preparing to add a new layer...