Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte on social media algorithms, studying music at Stanford, streaming, paying out $10B, creators, TikTok, influencers, AI, and more
The man who cofounded Patreon is tired of influencers making content to get clicks. He'd rather creators earn lifelong fans—and he has a plan for that. Bluesky: @vortexegg.com and @wired.com Bluesky:...
Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the platform paid out $10B+ to creators since its 2013 founding, creators now get $2B+ annually, and there are 25M+ paid memberships
@Patreon has crossed the $10B creator payout milestone since its 2013 launch — that's up from $1B in 2019 — Now more than 25M PAID memberships on its platform https://www.axios.com/...
Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the service is building native video hosting, which would reduce creators' reliance on YouTube
Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte on its relationship with Apple and exception from App Store's 30% cut, supporting creators across platforms, and more
Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the company is considering providing HR support, capital funding, health insurance, and other services to creators
Patreon, the subscription-based fan platform, is eyeing a range of new services to support creators — including potentially providing loans at some point, CEO Jack Conte said.
Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte and Memberful CEO Drew Strojny on Patreon's acquisition of Memberful, building an SaaS startup, and the history of the companies
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Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the company will “press pause” on planned change to service fee for each pledge, set to start Dec. 18, after uproar from creators
Patreon Backing Off Its Awful Payment Policy Changes Julia Alexander / Polygon : Patreon attempts to bring back subscribers following exodus last week Stephanie Chan / VentureBeat : Patreon apologizes...