The torrent of AI-generated content is giving digital services some challenges to solve, especially as rightsholders and public figures get hotter on infringement of likeness rights.
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AI Round Up: platform news, new marketing tools, and SZA, Jack Conte and Fenix Flexin
AI is in an unusual position where it sparks polarised public opinions, yet is simultaneously being used by everyone and their dog to do things that they couldn’t do before: […]
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‘Patreon isn’t social media’ – but it does now have short-form posts
Bob Dylan has a career of gnomic quips behind him, but now he also has Quips with a capital ‘Q’. What are we talking about? Quips are the latest feature […]
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Bob Dylan launches a Patreon for lectures, letters and stories
Bob’s got a paywall, stacking up the membership. He’s on Patreon, posting for the followship…
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Patreon CEO talks trends: ‘The internet has been TikTokified’
Wired has a long interview with Patreon CEO Jack Conte this week, and his views on digital culture are worth reading. “The internet has been TikTokified,” he said. “It moved from […]
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Sony Music is early partner for Patreon’s new podcast network
Lots of podcasters are making money on Patreon: $472m in the last year alone according to the latest stats released by the crowdfunding platform. It’s now building on that community with […]
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Patreon expands in livestreaming with acquisition of Moment
2023 has been a busy year for Patreon, launching free memberships and shopping; a Spotify integration for podcasters; and Discord-style community chats. Now the company has announced a new acquisition: of ticketed livestreams startup […]
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Patreon rolls out commerce and publishing tools to all users
Yesterday was a big day for Patreon. The company revealed its revamped mobile app and rolled out some of its newest features.
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Patreon gets a little more Discord-like with community chats
Patreon and Discord have always fitted together well for many creators, but as time goes on they may be competing more too.
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Spotify connects Patreon – but only to podcasters for now
Spotify has rolled out its latest fan-support feature: the ability to connect its service to Patreon. For now, it’s only for podcasters.
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Patreon adds free membership option and shopping features
Patreon is all about fans paying to become members of their favourite creators’ communities, right? Not any more.
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Patreon launches its own native video player for creators
When Patreon launched in 2013, YouTubers were a big part of its initial community of creators: Patreon was how they raised money from fans, but their content remained on YouTube.
