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Plus the loophole letting super PACs secretly pay influencers, and Google’s AI that lets you direct a scene from the inside
Plus the emoji code Gen Alpha uses instead of words, the $650 NYC closet apartment debate and why the government now treats creators like small businesses
One angry react was worth five likes, and the business of outrage never stopped.
The 2026 Creator Map adds an Affinity Quotient for the top 200 creators and gives newsletters, podcasts and creator tools far more space than last year.
What's Trending and TheWrap brought creators, AI experts and brands to UCLA to talk about how they're already using AI
Plus, the charges Clavicular is facing and the Andrew Garfield Robin Hood movie nobody told us about
Rebecca Zamolo, Matt Slays, and Vincent Marcus to speak at AI Creator Day in LA on Sept. 29.
Turns out reach and influence are two different products.
Chicken Shop Date ends after 12 years. Plus a felony plea, a Hulu cancellation, and Gen Z's wellness money.
She clapped back after Trump's team used her song in a TikTok about women's sports. It's the second time this year she's had to say it.
Plus a man living inside a billboard and Ethan Klein's mail-based revenge
TheWrap adds an inaugural AI Creator Day, co-hosted with What's Trending, on Sept. 29 at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, ahead of TheGrill on Sept. 30.
