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No. 0134

Published 12 August 2026

Creators are quietly becoming media conglomerates

Why it matters

Top creators are diversifying into full media businesses as funding and advertising investment flows in, building operations that increasingly resemble old-media empires. The shift changes what a brand is actually buying when it signs a creator deal. It is closer to a distribution partnership than a paid post.