It’s been a bad day for online security. Patreon, a crowdfunding website designed to let fans pay artists, has just had 15GB of its user’s data — and the site’s source code — dumped online. The ...

It’s hard to make a living producing online content as a creator. Relying on YouTube’s algorithm for promotion or ads is a crapshoot at best. Influencer deals are fine for the Instagrammer with a big ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – If you had a Patreon account, you may be eligible for payment from a new class action settlement that alleged the company disclosed subscribers’ information to Facebook owner ...

Just a day ago Patreon admitted it had been breached and some personal data had been stolen from the service — now much of it has leaked online. On October 1, alleged database dumps, internal ...

YouTubers, TikTokkers, podcasters, verified Twitter users, Twitch streamers, and other content creators have one thing in common: many of them use Patreon to supplement their income. In a world where ...

Internet strangers and supporters pay $1,080 a month to Stuart Schuffman, better known as his online persona Broke-Ass Stuart, to write things like "8 Ways to Get High for Hannukah." Yet, somehow, ...

Last fall, a prolific photographer who asked not to be named noticed a sharp, unexplained drop-off in earnings on his Patreon page, where fans shell out cash for tiered subscriptions to his photos of ...

Patreon upgrades content creation from a passion to a profession by paying artists 95% of subscription payments from fans instead of 55% of skimpy ad revenue like Facebook and YouTube. Now Patreon ...

Musician Jack Conte poured blood, sweat, tears and tons of time into making YouTube music videos to promote the songs his indie-rock duo Pomplamoose sold on iTunes. For a 3-minute, 45-second piece ...