Tag: creator economy

• What’s a smut peddler to do these days?

  August 10, 2025

  In the aftermath of Steam and itch pulling thousands of pages of adult content, their creators are speaking about their experiences making a living selling smut. more ›

• Azeem Azhar’s Exponential View: AI & the future of media with The Atlantic CEO, Nicholas Thompson

  July 25, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/EWx8Qk7 Nick Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, led one of the first major content licensing deals with OpenAI in 2024. In this conversation, he joins Azeem to unpack how… more ›

• Digital Labor and the Inconspicuous Production of Artificial Intelligence

  June 1, 2025

  Digital platforms capitalize on users’ labor, often disguising essential contributions as casual activities or consumption, regardless of users’ recognition of their efforts. Data annotation, content creation, and engagement with advertising… more ›

• ACCE | New Report Details Rise of Creative Class Impact on Economy, Workforce

  June 1, 2025

  https://secure.acce.org/articles/economic-and-community-development/new-report-details-rise-of-creative-class-impact-on-economy-workforce/ more ›

• Make Something Heavy

  March 23, 2025

  We instinctively tie weight to value. Gold is solid. Wood is dense. And back when we still printed things on paper, a heavy stapler was a luxury. If something is… more ›

• This Vision Playbook Will Change YouTube and Your Life | Ebi Atawodi

  February 20, 2025

  My guest today is Ebi Atawodi. Ebi is the Director of Product for YouTube Studio, the home for 65M creators (including me). Ebi gave me an inside look at crafting… more ›

• Mixed Signals from Semafor Media: How the Creator Economy Has Transformed Advertising

  January 24, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/H53eLYN This week, we look at digital fragmentation through the eyes of a transformed marketing industry – because to really see where media is headed, you have to follow the… more ›

• Quality is a Serious Problem

  January 20, 2025

    A shift is underway across media. It’s happening on YouTube and Reels, Roblox and Fortnite, Soundcloud and Spotify and here, on Substack. On these platforms—across video, gaming, music and… more ›

• a16z Podcast: Building Substack: Reinventing Media Through the Inbox

  January 9, 2025

  https://ift.tt/wNMU5HP Email, a technology from 1971, is powering one of today’s most disruptive media platforms. In this episode, Substack cofounder and CEO Chris Best joins a16z General Partner Andrew Chen… more ›

• The Promise of Precise Mass

  December 21, 2024

  In the past, you had to be a billionaire to enjoy such a personalized experience. The history of industrial capitalism can be seen as a journey from delivering things en masse to… more ›