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Entertain to Engage: Culture, Creators, and the Scroll-Stopping Power of Entertainment


Details

Date

Tue, Oct 7

Time

1:00PM – 1:45PM

Stage

Salon stage

Address

Spring Studios
50 Varick St,
New York, NY 10013

Speakers & Moderators

Creator

Speaker

TikTok Research & Insights Lead

Speaker

TikTok Content Director

Speaker

Emmy-Award Winning Journalist

Moderator
Bethann Hardison

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Today’s audiences scroll fast and expect more — especially on TikTok, where entertainment is the new entry point to culture. For multicultural communities in particular, entertainment isn’t just a break from the feed — it is the feed. In this panel, we’ll unpack how smart brands are shifting from broadcasting to co-creating, showing up with content that feels native, authentic, and worth watching.

We’ll explore how storytelling, humor, and creator collaboration are driving real impact — not by interrupting the experience, but by becoming part of it. And for the first time, we’ll debut findings from a new research study exploring how multicultural audiences engage with content on TikTok, and what that means for brand strategy moving forward.

This Blackweek discussion is proudly sponsored by TikTok. We’re grateful for their generous support and commitment to right-sizing industries to help create more opportunity for equity and ownership.