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Wattpad president Jeanne Lam says the company seeks to empower writers with revamped creator program
‘Our goal is for more writers to make a living from writing on Wattpad than anywhere else.’
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SoundCloud executives Lauren Wirtzer Seawood and Tracy Chan reposition the platform in the creator economy by monetizing fan power
‘We’ve really been on this mission to transform our company into a music and entertainment company as opposed to a technology platform.’
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Ryan Star, CEO and founder of live audio app Stationhead, describes courting creators and the nostalgia of radio
‘I really understood that old model was dying, yet I loved the feeling of talking to someone on air.’
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Rooster Teeth’s Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais talk meeting fans, creator workloads, podcasting, and monetization backstage at this year’s ‘RTX’ Convention
‘I think that’s the most exciting thing about it—hearing how you can have a positive impact on people by doing sometimes silly podcasts.’
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VidCon: Discord demonstrates its impression on both mainstream and niche fan communities, teases new subscription features
Why creators have turned to the platform.
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VidCon: Commentary creators discuss how the pandemic has impacted their niche
‘Nobody had anything to do and everyone was just trapped in front of their social media.’
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CEO Stefán Heinrich Henriquez shares the music-first vision of DIY song app Mayk
‘I wanted no technical barrier, high self-expression.’
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Linktree co-founder Anthony Zaccaria shares how creators can optimize their link-in-bio
“When you think back to why we created it, there’s got to be a better way to simplify this fragmentation.”
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Storyblocks’ Lauren Zoltick shares how the company partners with creators to make creative and inclusive stock videos
Zoltick oversees paid marketing, social media, and influencer partnerships.
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Wes Kao, co-founder of Maven, wants to streamline cohort-based course creation for ‘knowledge influencers’
‘One thing we can expect is a lot of creativity and innovation in the course category as more creators get involved.’
