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The Creator Economy’s Coming-of-Age Moment | Editor’s Letter

With influencer marketing sector expected to hit $44 billion this year, The Business of Fashion is looking deeper at this rapidly changing industry with a special package on the stakes it’s facing today.
Content creator with a ring light.
Creators are increasingly asserting themselves, whether by speaking out against brand partners, or steering followers to platforms whose followings are easier to monetise. (Shutterstock)
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Even before the word influencer had entered the lexicon, there were predictions that the vast economy built around social media creators was a bubble on the brink of bursting. Surely, the argument went, it wasn’t sustainable to hand huge pay cheques to nobodies for work that anyone with a smartphone could do.

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Diana Pearl
Diana Pearl

Diana Pearl is Senior News and Features Editor at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and drives BoF’s marketing and media coverage.

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