Meta

• Facebook has a new Creator Studio (with AI included, of course)
• Meta officially offers perks for paying subscribers across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp

  Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, and WhatsApp Plus are new paid subscription tiers for Meta's most popular social media apps.

  
• Threads thinks live chats can bring users closer to culture. It’s using the NBA playoffs as a case study.

  Live chats on Threads are a means of interacting with cultural tentpoles like the NBA playoffs -- and a potential new revenue stream.

  
• Meta, like TikTok, is putting advertisers in the middle of the cultural moments that consume your feed

  At its 2026 NewFronts presentation, Meta's announcements included new ad formats and new ways to use generative AI.

  
• After becoming Hollywood’s creator darlings, Racka Racka is coming to a VR headset near you
• On Meta earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg claims Reels “has an annual run rate of over $50 billion”
• Consumers are picking up the AI “Vibes” Meta is putting down
• Meta’s TikTok-ification continues with a new algorithm for Facebook Reels
• Meta is paying developers $2.5 million to make mobile games for Horizon
• Meta’s smart glasses are getting sportier thanks to Oakley. Will the wearables winning streak continue?
• The fight against “unoriginal” content (including AI slop) is coming to Facebook
• Meta wants more creators to pay for verification. So it’s giving them 12 months for free.