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/PRNewswire/ -- Patreon, a platform for creators of all kinds and their most passionate fans, today announced that it has been named to CNBC's 2021 Disruptor...

While social media influencers like Instagram and YouTube stars can receive big bucks, for the vast majority of creators, a new model was needed to connect directly with a paying audience. Platforms like Patreon free idea makers from reliance on the internet's trillion-dollar gatekeepers like YouTube parent Alphabet and Instagram parent Facebook, which keep most of the advertising-generated revenue. "A lot of the distribution platforms are starting to wake up to this and see that creators have a lot of earnings potential," Conte said. "All the distribution platforms — whether it's Spotif...

Patreon Expands Executive Team Share this article Share this article SAN FRANCISCO, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Patreon, a platform for creators and their most passionate fans, today announced the appointment of Tiffany Stevenson as Chief People Officer. Tiffany joins the Patreon executive team after the recent hiring of Julian Gutman as Chief Product Officer, who joined the company in February from Instagram. Tiffany will be responsible for leading all aspects of the global human resources function, including talent acquisition and retention, rewards and recognition, performance management...

Digital artist Pak’s Fungible Collection of 6,150 NFTs, sold for $16.8m by Sotheby’s and Nifty Gateway Courtesy of Sotheby’s and Pak Figures like $60bn of global sales, $450m for a painting at auction, ten million museum visitors per year and 90,000 attendees at a fair have all given those involved in the business of making, exhibiting, selling and collecting art a sense of purpose and importance. But during the pandemic, art sales and attendance figures at museums and fairs—if they happen at all—have slumped. With everyone cooped up indoors, the art economy, wi...

In the absence of touring, Patreon, OnlyFans and a handful of startups have experienced explosive growth as artists turn to them to make up for lost revenue. But what happens when concerts resume?  Digital subscription platforms that filled the void left by the touring shutdown that began in 2020 say they are coming off 12 months of unprecedented subscriber and revenue growth thanks to the slew of artists that have joined their services.   Patreon and OnlyFans and a slate of new startups that enable artists to connect directly with their biggest devotees — and gene...