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The creator platform Patreon is preparing long-awaited upgrades to its newsletter functionality, and is using the promise of ...
Patreon has been moving toward becoming self-reliant for some time, and another big piece of the puzzle is falling into place. CEO Jack Conte has revealed the company is working on video hosting, as ...
As the creator economy continues to grow, Jack Conte is figuring out how to keep Patreon relevant on its own terms. Ask Patreon CEO Jack Conte about the momentum the creator economy has seen lately ...
“We already host podcasts, and now we’re starting to host video, as well,” he says. “We’re building a video product ... So in terms of how we’ve approached our strategy, and what exactly it is that we ...
It's not easy to make money running a video game website. In June 2015, popular mobile outlet TouchArcade said it was having cash problems and asked for help, and lots of people did---including mobile ...
Patreon is continuing its push to expand beyond its roots as a paid membership platform. The company, which added new chat features and free membership options last year, is giving creators more ways ...
Podcasters are turning listeners into paying subscribers using platforms like Patreon. Podcasting is Patreon's top-earning category, and some creators are earning six figures a month. BI spoke with ...
Patreon, the website that allows people to maintain regular donations to a website, an artist, or project, announced late Wednesday that it had sustained a security breach. The site said some ...
It’s been a bad day for online security. Patreon, a crowdfunding website designed to let fans pay artists, has just had 15GB of its user’s data — and the site’s source code — dumped online. The ...
Paywalls are a major way for content-focused websites to promote payment for their work. The casual blogger or comedy podcaster, on the other hand, has a lot harder time making money. Fan funding site ...
Five days before Patreon.com officials said their donations website was plundered by hackers, researchers at a third-party security firm notified them that a serious ...