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The New Brand Advantage: Why the Smartest Brands Are Designing With Creatives, Not Just Hiring Them

For years, brands across the GCC have been chasing the same elusive goal: creating work that feels authentically local without slipping into clichés. Today, that challenge…

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CNN wants to win the creator economy without losing what made CNN

As audiences move away from traditional media habits, CNN Creators is testing a difficult balance: how does a 40-year-old news organization embrace creator culture without becoming…

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The creator economy is growing up and the UAE is leading the next chapter

TikTok says the future belongs to creators who think like entrepreneurs, while new RedSeer research reveals the platform is contributing AED 1.1 billion to the UAE…

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How the GCC turned content creation into a career and an industry

Not long ago, career paths across the Arab world followed a familiar script. Medicine, law, engineering, and business were viewed as the only secure routes to…

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From Homepage to Doorstep: How Lenovo’s Omnichannel Campaign with Amazon Ads Drove Success During Peak Shopping Season

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Transparency in the storm: How the GCC managed crisis communication

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Ounass expands into physical retail activations with Stage

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Aramco remains Middle East’s sole entrant in Kantar BrandZ global top 100

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TikTok launches Community Fest 2026 to help creators grow LIVE audiences

TikTok has announced the return of Community Fest, a summer-long initiative aimed at helping creators build stronger communities through educational workshops and in-app competitions on TikTok…

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Creator-led campaigns generate 35% higher returns: report

L’Oréal has developed a new measurement framework with Meta to better quantify the business impact of creator and influencer marketing, addressing one of the industry’s biggest…

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Creators deserve greater control of revenue and fans: Million founder

The creator economy has a structural problem. Creators build audiences, generate engagement, and make advertising possible — yet they remain the most vulnerable party in the…

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Creator economy becomes a core media channel as global spend nears $44 Bn

The creator economy is no longer being treated as an experimental marketing layer. New projections from eMarketer and Interactive Advertising Bureau show global creator-related advertising spend…

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Ti22 Films launches VisCon 2026 to target senior leaders in creator economy

Ti22 Films will host VisCon 2026, an online event aimed at senior professionals seeking to build influence in the creator economy, as brands and executives place…

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Destream expands to GCC, eyes $315m influencer market

Destream, a global content monetisation platform, has expanded its operations to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), aiming to strengthen payment infrastructure for creators and influencers in…

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As creator economy reaches inflection point, GCC must rethink strategies

By Hoda Rizk In 2021, brands globally invested $13.9 billion in creator partnerships. By 2025, that figure will reach $37 billion—growth that outpaces the broader media…

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The End of the Solo Creator? 

In the context of the ‘Creator Economy’, Creativity 3.0 is deeply impacted by Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), large language models (LLMs), and highly personalized, data-driven experiences.…

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Communicate’s Latest Print Edition Explores the Future of the Creator Economy

The creator economy has moved well beyond likes and follower counts. In 2026, creators are becoming enterprises, AI is reshaping how stories are planned and performed,…

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