Creator economy, platform politics, viral moments, and algorithm culture. Tinsel's internet coverage tracks the people building audiences in real time and the digital systems that decide who gets seen.
Bilt Rewards' founder insulted Reddit users during an AMA, calling them 'Banana Boys' and 'basement-dwelling Redditors'—then watched the platform's democratic structure turn the Q&A into a reputational crisis.
A new report found that coordinated bots targeted Chappell Roan during her breakthrough year. The attack wasn't about what she said—it was about controlling her narrative before she could define it herself.
Moxie Marlinspike is integrating his encrypted AI chatbot technology into Meta AI. It's the clearest sign yet that privacy advocates are choosing platform integration over building alternatives.
Medical professionals are dismissing patients as 'TikTok informed' — not because the information is wrong, but because an informed patient is harder to manage than one who defers to authority.
When L.L. Bean's model went viral, the brand acknowledged his past work instead of staying silent. That's the new playbook for legacy brands navigating internet culture.
Sarah Soda is a character actress hiding in plain sight on TikTok — with 1.3 million followers, 26 million likes, and no representation. She sat down with Tinsel’s Daniel de Castellane for a Tinsel Exclusive.
Pokopia's gyaru Bulbasaur is going viral—and it's the latest sign that Gen Z treats Pokémon as remix material, not sacred childhood memory.
When Julia Fox had to interrupt her own Oscars red carpet interview with Jake Shane to finish a sentence, she exposed the structural flaw in influencer-led entertainment journalism: the interviewer isn't there to listen—they're performing for their own audience.
The European Parliament’s adoption on Tuesday of a resolution aimed at creating a framework for a deeper embrace of AI across Europe while protecting cultural sovereignty has met with a mixed response from across the region. The non-binding report, entitled ‘Copyright and Generative Artificial Intel
The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.
A good portion of the Fortnite Showdown Battle Pass has reportedly been leaked early online, according to dataminers. If true, the Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 battle pass will feature Bugs Bunny, Ice King, and many more cosmetics. Fortnite Showdown Battle Pass Leaks Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 Showd
Fox Entertainment hired Billy Parks to lead Fox Creator Studios — a media and investment exec tasked with competing against YouTube. Legacy media still thinks the creator economy is a distribution problem.
The viral Staples employee isn't selling office supplies—she's selling the performance of not caring that she's selling office supplies. That's the only employee influencer model TikTok will allow.
The creator economy is worth an estimated $250 billion and growing. Here's how content creators actually make money, what the platforms take, and why 96% of creators earn under $100,000.
Niche livestream talk shows aren't just fragmenting the media landscape—they're revealing that the broadcast monoculture was never natural. It was just the only option when distribution was expensive.