“Why don’t people want to pay for cake?” Professional chef and baker Reshmi Bennett often wonders why people she doesn’t know will ask her to bake an Insta-worthy cake free of charge. The London-based baker runs Anges de Sucre, and she’s created a bit of an online storm by calling […]
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Child influencers, who make a lot of money, must now follow same rules as other child stars getty A new French law has been passed to protect young influencers operating on YouTube and other social media platforms—a rapidly developing avenue of revenue for many children. It has become an increasing […]
Tech analyst Pete Pachal on Facebook’s Instagram launching a new short video app named Reels. Influencers are shaping the way people shop during the pandemic, as more people spend time on their phones and online. In a year marked by working from home and staying inside, the influencer sphere has […]
This story is part of a series of profiles, The CannaInfluencers: The people shaping the cannabis industry in the Garden State. Written by NJ Cannabis Insider reporters, the profiles will publish the weeks leading up to the Nov. 3 election, when New Jersey voters will decide whether to legalize recreational, adult-use cannabis. Some people […]
Ashley Jones Hi, this is Dan Whateley, filling in for Amanda Perelli who is on vacation this week. Welcome back to Insider Influencers, our weekly rundown on the influencer and creator economy. Sign up for the newsletter here. This week, my colleagues Amanda Perelli and Sydney Bradley looked into what […]
A group of women in Afghanistan are breaking through as Gen Z influencers on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. As tastemakers, they’re offering a fresh point of view on what it means to be Afghan women. More Afghans get getting online, and dozens of women have 50,000 or more followers on […]
In a season of lockdowns, Georgia Steel was jet setting. A digital influencer and reality television star, Ms. Steel left England in late December for Dubai, where she promoted lingerie on Instagram from a luxury hotel. By January, she was at a resort in the Maldives, where spa treatments include […]
Have you ever logged onto Instagram and felt like you were doing something wrong with your life? You went to college, landed in your career, worked extremely hard and handled all of your responsibilities, yet your life sucks in comparison to everybody you follow. Strangers and even some of your friends from […]
Don’t believe everything you see on Instagram. This is Dominique Druckman at a photo shoot that makes it look like she’s relaxing at a spa. HBO Dominique Druckman reclines on a tuft of a red and white rose petals, her eyes closed, her skin dewy, a tranquil smile tugging at […]
Romanticizing life connected to the land has complicated implications, but it’s starting to shape what we see as aspirational. In the early twenty-teens, Jenny Ong fell into the fashion influencer dream. She started outfit-blogging under the moniker Neon Blush as a hobby while preparing for grad school. The photos she […]