Oct 15, 2026
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6 min read
What brands and creators like—and don’t like—when working together. Plus, PepsiCo is exploring an employee-influencer program and Netflix is laying off 1,000 employees.
Oct 13, 2026
7 min read
We respond to the latest round of reader questions. Plus, Joe Rogan renews Spotify deal, SNL's first creator host and Meta blocks TikTok from advertising.
Oct 8, 2026
People don't necessarily trust creators more than professional journalists. Plus, Scalable celebrates 50 podcast episodes and "Shark Tank" enters its creator era.
Oct 6, 2026
Fact-checking Elon Musk and Pete Davidson. Plus, YouTube cracks down on clipping and Morning Brew acquires a CPG newsletter with 13,000 subscribers.
Oct 1, 2026
CatGPT tells us why she took the deal with Smooth Media. Plus, 26 million TikTokers are making money in the US and eggs are getting a creator makeover.
Sep 29, 2026
Plus, Roger Federer defends tennis influencers, a creator sues AI giants and TikTok settles with Alabama for $100 million.
Sep 24, 2026
8 min read
Plus, YouTube takes pages out of Instagram’s playbook, OpenAI poaches from Patreon and Gap brings boy bands back to malls.
Sep 22, 2026
Plus, Nick DiGiovanni rethinks his Netflix deal, Alex Cooper hires a comms leader and California cracks down on influencer's paid political posts.
Sep 17, 2026
Plus, farewell to VidCon, Zoom fights Zoom fatigue and NPR wants to work with more independent podcasters.
Sep 15, 2026
Steven Bartlett takes on the ‘fragmentation vultures’ with $400 million venture, while the IAB CreatorFronts tackle measurement as creator content moves onto TVs.
