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The New Power Brokers: Digital Creators

UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION

Episode 8

July 29, 2025

01:15:00

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Hosted by Denise Howell

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

In this episode we examine the creator economy, where the lines between law, entertainment, and the future of work are blurring. Creators aren’t just entertainers; they’re architects shaping the digital landscape, the future of work, and even the laws that govern our online lives. From reimagining monetization norms to the value of creativity as an AI-proof job skill, this revolution is unfolding right under our noses. Understanding its contours is key to navigating the territory ahead.

“Here [on Uneven Distribution, listeners have] the full thought process and the flow of the discussion. Whereas, if you just read a summary, if it’s accurate, where does that leave you from truly engaging with content and being able to digest it and formulate ideas around it and have that extra space that we typically need?” — Franklin Graves

“The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.” — Edward R. Murrow

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Franklin Graves

Franklin Graves is Senior Counsel, Product, Platform, & Partnerships at LinkedIn and formerly with HCA Healthcare Inc. (when this show was recorded in May 2024). Franklin is a former Lecturer at New England Law School and an experienced in-house counsel. He previously held roles on the commercial legal team at Eventbrite, Inc. and the business and legal affairs team at Naxos Music Group. Franklin runs the weekly newsletter, Creator Economy Law, on LinkedIn and regularly contributes to IPWatchdog, Tubefilter, and Passionfruit, as a means to educate creators and raise awareness of all legal aspects of the creator economy. He is also an Affiliated Faculty with Emerson College’s Business of Creative Enterprises MA program where he teaches business and IP law.

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DENISE HOWELL

Veteran Podcaster and Blogger

Denise is a podcasting industry original and veteran blogger. She has co-hosted Triangulation, conversations with the smartest people in the world about the most important topics in technology, and has been contributing on Leo Laporte’s TWiT Network for 17 years. Having been credited with coining the term “blawg,” she has blogged on CBS Interactive and is a technology lawyer (Berkeley Law, ’90), advising corporate and individual clients on issues at the intersection of emerging technologies and the law.

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