Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Samantha Edwards
Publication Date: January 1, 2025 - 07:00
For Canadian influencers, working in the U.S. offers an alluring promise: more fame, opportunity and money
January 1, 2025
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On Dan Rodo’s art TikTok account, the Canadian content creator racked up 1.8 million followers posting videos of himself 3-D printing Air Jordans, crafting a baseball bat out of bubble gum and resin, and tufting a rug with the PlayStation logo. The latter was his most popular clip, with more than 47.1 million views.In the United States, a viral video like that could net its creator anywhere from a couple hundred to several thousand dollars, paid out by TikTok itself. But Mr. Rodo had no big cheque to cash: The platform doesn’t compensate Canadian creators.
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