GIPHY

• Meta Ordered To Sell Giphy — Which It Acquired Last Year — By U.K. Competition Regulator
• GIPHY Collaborates With (And Pays) Creators As Part Of Its New ‘Creators Club’

  Each Creators Club member will work with a “dedicated team” at GIPHY’s Los Angeles creative studio that will provide them with guidance, professional opportunities, custom learning sessions with industry experts, and an undisclosed amount of funding “to help elevate Creators’ endeavors to the next level,” GIPHY says.

  
• Facebook Acquires GIF Database GIPHY In Reported $400 Million Deal

  Facebook has announced today its acquisition of seven-year-old GIPHY -- an online GIF database, enabling users to search for and share short, soundless, looping videos -- for a reported $400 million. 

  
• GIPHY Hosts Inaugural Film Festival, Launches New Platform For 30-Second Videos

  Last night, GIPHY -- the five-year-old database and search engine for GIFs -- hosted the inaugural GIPHY Film Festival in New York City in a bid to celebrate short-form content creators and video works no longer than 18 seconds.

  
• Giphy Is Hosting Its Own Film Festival And Currently Taking Submissions