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Legitimacy Lost

How Creator Platforms Are Eroding Their Most Important Resource

70 Oct 14, 2021 by Li Jin and Katie Parrott

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The Web3 Renaissance: A Golden Age for Content

Like this essay and want to support us to create more like it? Consider collecting it as an NFT!In January 1996, Bill Gates published what w

55 Dec 20, 2021 by Li Jin and Katie Parrott

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A Theory of Justice for Web3

Web3 Is Our Chance to Make a Better Internet

33 May 17, 2022 by Li Jin and Katie Parrott

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Assessing Clubhouse’s Post-Pandemic Future

Also: Getty Images acquires Unsplash, LinkedIn’s new creator mode, the math behind MrBeast’s businesses, and more

28 Apr 10, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal

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Braintrust’s Founders on How to Run a Decentralised Marketplace

Gabe Luna Ostaseski & Adam Jackson on why the way we work is broken and how to fix it

25 Dec 14, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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How Psychological Ownership Can Make Crypto Less Mercenary

Web3 is missing the magic of “mine”

24 1 Apr 10, 2023 by Li Jin

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Li Jin on the journey behind Variant’s new $110M fund to back the ownership economy

Variant and Atelier Ventures join forces as the passion economy and the ownership economy converge

23 Nov 30, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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A Look Inside Pinterest’s Creator Strategy

Pinterest’s Global Head of Content & Creators unpacks why they’re doubling down on creators

21 Jan 4, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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The Man Who Taught a Robot to Paint

Can a piece of technology democratize the art world?

20 Oct 26, 2021 by Babe Howard

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Passion Economy News #3: TikTok’s Creator Fund, Amazon Explore, The Edtech Explosion, and More

Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company

20 Oct 6, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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Unpacking The David Dobrik Controversy

Also: OnlyFans is launching a creative fund for musicians, #BookTok is leading to a resurgence in book sales, and more

19 Mar 27, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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Could the creator economy work for fiction authors?

Let's face it: 'writer' has never been considered a viable career goal. And it may be harder to make money as a writer now than it has ever been before.

18 Aug 20, 2021 by Elle Griffin

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Twitter Acquires Revue

Also in this week’s roundup: Clubhouse’s $1b valuation, a16z’s new media property, Forbes’s new deal for writers, and Instagram’s plan to keep up with TikTok.

17 Jan 27, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez