'The influencers became the influenced' - an industry on Fyre

Ja Rule was conned, so too was Kendall Jenner, supermodels and an army of 400 Insta stars. Experts from social media and PR agencies tell PRWeek what the Fyre Festival fail tells us about influencer marketing.

by Arvind Hickman

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