Influencer

How Alex Zarfati Turned YouTube Sponsorships Into an Independent Film Budget

Alex Zarfati spent years pitching original documentaries to Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu. On one project, executives...

Influencer

Independent Podcaster Joe Budden Launches True-Crime Podcast

Joe Budden, the independent podcaster behind “The Joe Budden Podcast” and the Joe Budden Network, is...

Tech

FirstLook Launches Creators.gg to Connect Gaming Creators With Studios

Player relationship and marketing platform FirstLook has launched Creators.gg, a free platform designed to connect creators...

Platform

KICK Opens to Advertisers After Three Years of Creator-First Growth

KICK has launched KICK Ads, opening its platform to advertisers for the first time since its...

Agency

Publicis Groupe Names Jarred Trembath Head of Influential in Sub-Saharan Africa

Publicis Groupe Africa has appointed Jarred Trembath as Head of Influential, Sub-Saharan Africa, tasking him with...

Tech

Financial Analytics Platform Kixmon Launches Profit-Tracking Tool for TikTok Shop Creator Campaigns

Financial analytics platform Kixmon has launched a TikTok Shop Creator Profit Tracker, a dashboard that consolidates...

Platform

Spotify Tests Podcast Ad Skip Button to Make Experience More Intuitive

Spotify is testing a feature that lets Premium subscribers skip podcast ad breaks with a single...

Commentary

The EU AI Act and the Creator Economy: Beyond the Deepfake-Labeling Headline

The European Union’s AI news this month is being told as a simple story: as of...

Commentary

China Penalizes Over 1,800 Livestreaming Accounts in Crackdown on Vulgar Content

China‘s internet regulator has punished more than 1,840 accounts as part of an intensified campaign against...

Platform

YouTube Terminates Wave of ASMR Creator Channels, Citing ‘Sexually Gratifying’ Content Policy

YouTube has removed the channels of several Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) creators for allegedly violating...

Tech

Streamlabs Launches Mobile Feature to Combat IRL Streaming Dropouts

Logitech G’s Streamlabs has launched Network Boost, a mobile feature for Streamlabs Ultra subscribers designed to...

Strategy

Sticker Bracelets Brand Sticki Rolls Is Bringing Its YouTube Community Into the Real World With a SoHo Pop-Up

Sticki Rolls built its following entirely on YouTube through unboxing videos and sticker trading hauls. This...

Influencer

Ediza Ferris on Why She Won’t Let Brand Deals Read Like a Departure From Her Real Content 

What happens when the videos that build a following are not the videos that pay the...

Agency

Enterprise Clipping Agency Lumina Clippers Sells Distribution to the Brands Paid Social Won’t Take

Rhys Mckay spent five years managing a Dubai-based crypto marketing firm, overseeing influencer spend for clients...

Agency

How Caliber Turns a Gen Z Newsroom Into a Growth Engine for Brands

Caliber runs a media company in formats Gen Z understands and a social media agency under...

Influencer

How One Creator Built the Trust to Film Inside the World’s Most Restricted Military Programs 

Louis Skupien became the first British civilian to fly supersonic in an F-16 Viper jet at...

Technology

Bump Connect Skips Ad Revenue Entirely, Betting On Sales Commissions Instead

Austin Riess was on stage at a conference when TikTok went dark for two days. Influencers...

Influencer

Spy Ninjas’ Founders Are Betting $25M That a YouTube Franchise Can Become an Entertainment Company

Chad Wild Clay and Vy Qwaint built “Spy Ninjas” into one of YouTube’s largest family franchises...

Influencer

The Teacher Who Went Viral by Accident and Built a Creator Brand Without Losing Control

There was no plan. There was a list of funny things her students had said, a...

Commentary

Creator Economy Job Radar – August 4, 2026 – Universal Music Group, L’Oréal, LTK, and More

Creator Economy and Influencer Marketing hiring for the first week of August spans music, beauty, consumer...

Strategy

How Vita Coco Turned a Fan-Led Cultural Moment Into a Brand Partnership Without Forcing the Brief

When Charleston rapper Trim posted a sneak peek of her song “Coconut Water” on TikTok in...

Technology

Women’s Sports Index Launches to Bring Benchmarks to a $3B Category

Mondo Metrics and Deep Blue Sports + Entertainment launched the Women’s Sports Index in June, a...

Agency

Persephonica, Podcast Company Behind ‘Bad Chat’ & ‘Political Currency,’ Signs Exclusive Sales Deal With Acast

Persephonica, the UK podcast company behind “Bad Chat” and “Political Currency,” has signed an exclusive partnership...

Commentary

Top 10 Highest Revenue TikTok Shops in July 2026

Shark Home falls from No. 3 to No. 10 in July, shedding more than half the...

Commentary

Top 10 Products Sold on TikTok Shop in July 2026

medicube’s PDRN Pink Collagen Volume Multi Balm holds No. 1 for a fourth straight month in...