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Axios
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How Biden White House welcomed TikTok, social media influencers - Axios Washington D.C.
January 16, 2025 - Zoom in: At one point, four Biden digital staffers were focused on influencers and independent content creators, prioritizing reaching young and suburban voters.
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Baronpa
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Biden Influencers - Baron Public Affairs
October 28, 2020 - Moreover, the revealed patterns of influence among Biden’s economic advisors portend greater danger to Big Tech, financial services, and healthcare companies than the Democratic nominee’s Senate record might otherwise indicate.
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AP News
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Social media influencers descend on the White House, where Biden calls them the new 'source of news' | AP News
Together, the influencers count millions of followers. In showcasing the importance and heft of the content creator economy — valued at roughly $250 billion worldwide — the White House is also recognizing the youth vote that will be a crucial constituency for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump in the November election. ... These candidates for governor worked for Joe Biden.
Published: August 14, 2024
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Axios
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Biden's digital strategy: an army of social media influencers
April 10, 2023 - Biden's digital strategy team will connect with influencers across the nation to target those who may not follow the White House or Democratic Party on social media — or who have tuned out mainstream media altogether. Four Biden digital staffers are focused on influencers and independent content creators.
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AP News
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Biden names new White House digital chief with plans to continue outreach to creators, influencers | AP News
June 30, 2023 - President Joe Biden on Friday named Christian Tom to serve as the director of the White House office of digital strategy, aiming to continue building relationships with creators and influencers to promote his agenda ahead of the 2024 presidential ...
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WIRED
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The Biden Campaign Fills Out Its Digital Team Ahead of Super Tuesday | WIRED
March 3, 2024 - A Biden spokesperson told WIRED that Stern, formerly vice president of paid media at the Democratic marketing firm Authentic, will be leading a digital ads program along with Humphrey, who will also work with its network of influencers.
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Daily Mail
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Biden is planning to use TikTok influencers to help with re-election
April 10, 2023 - President Biden's re-election campaign will rely on an army of social media influencers who will use TikTok, among other platforms, to drum up support from Gen Z voters · Among those recruited is Henry Sisson, a 20-year-old NYU student who runs a TikTok page with more than 600,000 followers · Biden's plan to leverage social media to boost popularity was spearheaded by Rob Flaherty, who has been named assistant to the president - a testament to the emphasis the White House is placing on digital strategy. Harry Sisson - A 20-year-old NYU student who runs a TikTok page with more than 600 thousand followers. He uploads short clips on politics that regularly criticize the GOP and is known to discuss the power of Gen Z voters. Vivian Tu - A 29-year-old former JP Morgan investment banker who runs a TikTok page called YourRichBFF which offers financial advice.
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CNN
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Biden campaign struggles to keep young social media influencers in the fold | CNN Politics
December 2, 2023 - A Biden senior campaign adviser told CNN that the campaign plans to scale up its efforts on working with social media influencers to connect with young audiences before the election. When Biden ran in the 2020 presidential election cycle, he had nearly a dozen staffers solely focused on working on its influencer program, and the adviser said the campaign plans to keep dedicated staffers to work on the program this time around. The adviser added that in addition to working with social media influencers with big platforms, they also want to work with regional content creators and people with smaller followings who can speak to what Biden is doing on regional issues and how it impacts their local communities. “We spent a lot of time in 2020 focusing on sort of the biggest tier of content creators,” the adviser said. “As we move into this cycle, I think we’re thinking a lot about is folks who have smaller audiences, niche audiences, that can kind of get into nooks and crannies for communit
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The Daily Bell
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Biden Administration Grooms Gen Z 'Influencers' to Become Digital Red Guard
May 13, 2023 - Biden’s digital strategy team will connect with influencers across the nation to target those who may not follow the White House or Democratic Party on social media — or who have tuned out mainstream media altogether.
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Semafor
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Democrats built an influencer economy. Can it save Joe Biden?
December 17, 2023 - President Joe Biden’s digital team has openly discussed at length its strategy for wooing influencers in an unpaid capacity. Last month, the White House hosted its first ever creator holiday party, inviting influencers to the White House to ...
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CGTN
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Biden turns to online influencers to sell major policies - CGTN
March 24, 2021 - Biden himself appeared in interviews with bloggers during his campaign, but the approach from the White House involves both aiding online personalities with a niche audience by providing interviewees and, as Democratic groups did during the 2020 election campaign, recruiting micro-influencers to push talking points and put them in a relatable context.
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Baronpa
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Chief Executive: A Look At The Top Biden Economic Influencers - Baron Public Affairs
November 12, 2020 - Assessment of more than 8,000 public citations made by approximately 30 Biden advisors on economic policy confirms the potential policy-making pandemonium. The 10 individuals most-referenced publicly by senior Biden campaign staff and advisors and Democratic Party leaders include an eclectic mix of standard-bearers and reformers: ... Linden is a decade or more younger than many of the top influencers. He never served in the Obama Administration and currently focuses on advocacy, serving as executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, which works with “progressive movement leaders and activists on the front lines of progressive causes.” In November 2019, he said regarding “cutting a trillion dollars in corporate taxes two years ago” that “here we are two years later [with] no appreciable difference in business investment, no increase in wages, no increase in jobs.” ...
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The Detroit News
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Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
2 weeks ago - Those with HQE status can work full- or part-time, with or without compensation, according to government guidance on the issue released in 2023. It was not clear what financial agreements were reached with Maness, Schlichter and Anderson, and when each of their assignments began. Tata’s team has taken on a number of culture-war issues, including scrutinizing war colleges for “woke” ideology and reviewing how the Biden administration adopted covid vaccine mandates for U.S.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Biden taps TikTok influencers to connect with Pa. voters
July 8, 2024 - Kelly, whose title is “content partnerships and influencer engagement manager,” is a content creator in his own right who recently moved back to the Keystone State from D.C. for the job.
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The Conversation
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Why Biden is investing in influencers to help with this year’s election
July 1, 2026 - Biden recently rolled out the red carpet at the White House for hundreds of influencers including actor Kalen Allen and artist Devon Rodriguez, hoping to persuade them to join his cadre of digital assets. Rodriguez has 9 million Instagram followers and Allen 2 million.
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WIRED
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The Influencers with as Much Presidential Access as the Press | WIRED
April 4, 2024 - Campaigns and politicians have experimented with influencer marketing over the past four years. But recruiting content creators to reach voters is already happening more than ever in 2024. The Biden campaign has built out a powerful digital operation with a few staffers specifically focused on online persuasion.