camille hearst

• Spotify’s New Shopify Integration Lets Artists More Seamlessly Sell Merch
• Creator-Focused Entrepreneur Camille Hearst Departs Patreon To Head Up ‘Spotify For Artists’

  Camille Hearst, an entrepreneur whose digital creator-focused startup Kit was acquired by Patreon, has now landed at Spotify. Hearst has been named head of Spotify For Artists -- a platform and standalone app that enables artists to manage their presence on the platform, promote new releases, and which also furnishes statistics, insights, and other educational resources, per Variety.

  
• Patreon To Launch Merch Service For Creators Following Acquisition Of Ecommerce Startup ‘Kit’

  The two companies are “inventing a way to fulfill automated ‘merch for membership' that will help creators stop stuffing envelopes and get back to full time creation,” Patreon said.

  
• Startup ‘Kit’ Helps Creators Like Casey Neistat And MKBHD Share (And Sell) Their Favorite Products

  On Kit, digital influencers from myriad content categories can share an infinite number of ‘kits’ -- or shoppable collections of their favorite products.