A creator economy (but without all the money for creators)
Plus: Baseball gets creative to save itself while Eric Clapton reportedly gets creative to try to stop you from saving yourself
This week’s top seven (yeah, got a little busy, but the links are still top-notch):
Creators: Where’s your money?: You hear a lot about the creator economy these days, but these stats from Axios suggest the wealth isn’t spreading as fast as the hype. (The conclusion: That cash distribution isn’t likely to change.)
Eric Clapton has to be happy the internet wasn’t a thing in his prime: The legendary guitarist is bankrolling anti-vax efforts, according to Rolling Stone.
You can’t steal first … can you?: Bloomberg goes deep on the in-game experiments Major League Baseball is testing at the lowest professional levels (some of which may make it to the big leagues eventually).
Imagine thinking Alden Global Capital was ever your friend: If you read this newsletter, you probably know a little something about the aforementioned hedge fund’s purchasing of newspapers and wringing out profits via deep budget cuts. The Atlantic has compiled a lot of Alden anecdotes into one epic story on the vulture capitalists’ accrual of local news properties – which was (briefly) seen by industry observers as a positive development eight years ago, believe it or not – and the ramifications.
Welcome new subscribers! And if someone shared this with you, click the button to getBrandnerdin your inbox every Thursday.“Worst internship ever”: Well, sort of. How a dating app intern took to the streets to boost signups through guerrilla tactics.
Running the (virtual) streets: A look at an intense sprint-clicking-and-guessing game on Google Maps, which must be way more fun than this teaser makes it sound.
And finally, a life lesson: If you don’t want giant rodents to overrun your house or try to eat your dog, maybe don’t build your gated community in their natural habitat.
See you next Thursday.