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 ...

In 2013, musician Jack Conte made a music video called "Pedals." He spent seven weeks and $10,000 building the set: "I remember the blood, sweat and tears, the months of pain, and hours and hours, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you have a favorite YouTuber or podcaster with a decent following, chances are they are getting some of their funding through Patreon. But, what is Patreon, and how does it help creators make money ...

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 ...