Creator Economy Year In Review 2023

Creator Hank Green at The Information’s Creator Economy Summit in April. Photo by Erin Beach

Welcome to the last Creator Economy newsletter of 2023—and what a year it’s been!

We published 198 newsletters, bringing you scoops about the millions of dollars Meta Platforms paid creators to use their likeness in AI chatbots; TikTok enlisting creators to lobby on Capitol Hill; and startup M&A, including Passes’ merger with Fanhouse and newsletter upstart Beehiiv’s acquisition of ad marketplace Swapstack.