Patreon, a platform for creators that pays for their content, is laying off staff. In a publicly shared note addressed to Patreon content creators, CEO Jack Conte announced that the creator economy startup is laying off 93 employees, roughly 20% of its workforce. Conte said in the memo to employees that “the market in which
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Paramount+ is looking to level up by making more of its content free. Paramount’s flagship streamer plans to expand access to movies and shows available to people without a subscription, according to an internal presentation seen by Business Insider. This so-called “free front porch” feature would allow people in the US to watch select movies
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Stacy Taffet, Hershey’s director of growth and marketing, has already entered her spooky season. The father of Reese’s and Jolly Rancher is inventing a new Halloween playbook, breaking the holiday into distinct microseasons that begin months before October 31, Taffet exclusively told CMO Insider. A Morning Consult survey commissioned by Hershey in July found that
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A recent job posting from OpenAI hints that the AI giant is laying the groundwork for an ad network. Until now, OpenAI’s nascent advertising business has been a platform for advertisers looking to reach ChatGPT users. Now, there’s evidence that the AI giant might want to jump into a new side of the market: helping
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Pinterest is no stranger to the downfall of AI. In 2025, the platform began adding AI tags to content. Pinterest allows creators to tag content as modified or AI-generated, and has its own detection systems to flag content that may have been AI-generated. Pinterest also added a tool that allows users to limit the amount
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The global economy increasingly depends on the notion that AI will be inexorably intertwined with every aspect of our lives. There are also increasing signs that consumers (or at least some consumers) don’t feel good about it at all. This can be seen most clearly in the backlash against data centers, which is gaining momentum.
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