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LinkedIn is reportedly expanding creator monetization tools and aims to scale creator-led events from dozens to potentially thousands per year. The platform increasingly looks less like a résumé database and more like a professional media and events ecosystem.
Source ↗businessinsider.comA growing number of brands are treating physical presence as luxury. Fashion, hospitality, and lifestyle brands are increasingly investing in real-world experiences as a response to algorithmic fatigue.
Source ↗forbes.comBumble is piloting Plans, a paid group-dating feature in New York where users RSVP to small in-person gatherings.
Source ↗businessinsider.comKit opened a 5,000-square-foot NYC creator studio with recording rooms, events, and collaboration space.
Source ↗axios.comFritz Hansen’s “Sound Club” at 3 Days of Design used furniture, vinyl, podcast lounges, and listening rooms to create emotional atmosphere.
Source ↗wallpaper.comThe Archive
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Digital platforms, creators, brands, and institutions are increasingly stepping into territory once occupied by communities and physical places, and trying to solve a deeply human challenge: belonging...
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Trust is moving from platforms to places. The rooms, institutions, and gatherings that feel finite are gaining the credibility that infinite feeds have lost.
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