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Sofia has documented internet culture for five years, watching the creator economy grow from a curiosity into a multi-billion-dollar industry. She follows the platforms, the personalities, and the money. At OpenThreadNews, Sofia covers TikTok and YouTube stars, viral trends, platform policy changes, and the business of being influential. Her reporting treats creators as what they are: media companies of one, navigating an industry that is still writing its own rules.
Hailey Bieber did not send a PR response. She reached out personally. That detail matters because it tells you exactly what kind of leverage Golloria
The week Alex Cooper announced her pregnancy, Vanity Fair published an investigation into her company. That is the kind of week that defines where someone’s
Getting pushed off a reality show is usually the end of something. For Hannah Berner, it was the beginning. Hannah Lucy Berner was born on
She sold $5 million worth of skincare in a single afternoon, walked the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit runway weeks later, and then showed up in Monaco
When Kim Kardashian posted gym videos from her “28-day challenge” in May 2024, fans immediately wanted to know who was behind the program. The answer
In March 2024, Whitney Simmons posted a single photo to Instagram with the caption “1 year later. I lost a lot of…” The post collected
In April 2025, TIME magazine dropped its annual TIME100 Creators list — the kind of recognition that signals someone has stopped being just an influencer
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