#Creator Economy

Articles (17)

• 🇺🇸 ‘Behind the Mask II’: Leslie Vernon Will Finally Return — and He’s Using the ‘Shelby Oaks’ Strategy — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Director Scott Glosserman and writer David J. Stieve chat with IndieWire about reviving their beloved horror film with the creator economy in mind.

  Related: #Film Revival, #Horror Genre
• 🇺🇸 Top Influencers’ Secret Weapon for Engagement Might Be Replaced by AI — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  From Druski to Clavicular, most successful content creators rely on armies of amateur editors to cut their content into short viral videos. So why are they getting the ax?

  Related: #AI Disruption, #Labor Market
• 🇺🇸 X tries to limit creator revenue for foreign influencers but Musk intervenes — 25/03/2026 [USA]

  X's Head of Product, Nikita Bier, announced a change to the platform's creator payouts on Tuesday, but according to Elon Musk, the change isn't going live just yet. Bier shared a post announcing that ...

  Related: #Platform Policy
• 🇺🇸 ‘Black-ish’ Writer-Producer Kenya Barris Partners With Revolt to Launch New Company Geared Toward Creators (EXCLUSIVE) — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris has partnered with Offscript Worldwide — the employee-run parent of the Revolt TV brand — to launch Revolt Labs, a new company focused on working with creators. Barris...

  Related: #Media Partnership
• 🇺🇸 Ellie Heisler Joins Manatt, Phelps & Phillips as Firm Expands Creator Economy Activity With Hires in Entertainment Practice — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Ellie Heisler has joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips as a partner in its entertainment practice as the law firm looks to expand its activity in the creator economy and the emerging world of creators, in...

  Related: #Legal Expansion
• 🇺🇸 Meta will pay Instagram, TikTok and YouTube creators with big followings to post on Facebook — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Meta is offering monthly guaranteed pay and boosted reach for creators to start posting on Facebook's Reels.

  Related: #Platform Competition
• 🇺🇸 Variety’s 10 Creators to Watch on Going Independent and Why ‘To Make Something and Own Something, You Have to Sell Something’ — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Five of Variety’s inaugural 10 Creators to Watch gathered at SXSW in Austin, Texas, for a conversation about building careers outside Hollywood’s traditional system, and why, increasingly, they’re not...

  Related: #Independence
• 🇺🇸 Creators Go Pro: Digital Stars Bank Brand Bucks While Talent Agencies and Support Firms Proliferate — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  When the National Basketball Association was sketching out plans to host fan gatherings as part of its All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, the league’s marketing leaders realized they were crafting the u...

  Related: #Brand Partnerships
• 🇺🇸 Whalar Group Launches Lighthouse Studios to Build a TV-Like Schedule of Creator Content, Sets Joint Venture With Cole Bennett’s Lyrical Lemonade — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Whalar Group, a growing player in talent representation for the creator economy, is taking a big swing at building a network TV-like weekly schedule of creator-led series. The company has launched Lig...

  Related: #Media Innovation
• 🇺🇸 MrBeast's company fired a video editor after Kalshi accused the employee of insider trading — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Beast Industries fired a MrBeast video editor this week following accusations of insider trading by the prediction market operator Kalshi.

  Related: #Insider Trading
• 🇺🇸 Banijay Group CEO on How AI, Rise of Creators Drove All3Media Deal: “More Scale, More IP, More Growth” — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  François Riahi and CFO Sophie Kurinckx-Leclerc also told a conference call about strengthening English-language content.

  Related: #Media Consolidation, #Business Strategy
• 🇺🇸 Xmarket Launches Beta on BNB Chain Mainnet: The First Prediction Market That Pays Creators and Early Believers — 27/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Decentralization, #Prediction Markets, #Blockchain Innovation
• 🇺🇸 Can the creator economy stay afloat in a flood of AI slop? — 22/02/2026 [USA]

  On the latest episode of Equity, we debated what’s next for the creator economy, and whether there will be any room for the next generation of creators to stand out.

  Related: #AI Impact, #Business Model Innovation
• 🇺🇸 The creator economy’s ad revenue problem and India’s AI ambitions — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  The creator economy is evolving fast, and ad revenue alone isn’t cutting it anymore. YouTubers are launching product lines, acquiring startups, and building actual business empires. In fact, MrBeast’s...

  Related: #Business Diversification, #AI Development
• 🇺🇸 Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, plans to target creators with new features — 18/02/2026 [USA]

  Mastodon is looking to grow its open source, decentralized social network with new features aimed at creators.

  Related: #Decentralization, #Social Media, #Technology Innovation
• 🇺🇸 YouTubers aren’t relying on ad revenue anymore — here’s how some are diversifying — 10/02/2026 [USA]

  YouTubers are no longer just creators, and in some cases, their side businesses are growing faster than their channels.

  Related: #Business, #Technology
• 🇺🇸 MrBeast’s company buys Gen Z-focused fintech app Step — 09/02/2026 [USA]

  YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app.

  Related: #Fintech, #Business