Meta

• Meta says it’s messing with Reels payouts, introduces new Facebook plug for creators to earn up to $4,000
• Instagram users now spend 20% of their time on the app watching Reels

  During Meta's earnings call for Q1 2022, Mark Zuckerberg talked about the impact short-form Reels are having on Facebook and Instagram.

  
• Dispo among those hit by “burdensome, overbroad, vexatious and harassing” subpeona from Meta

  The photo sharing/social networking app told TechCrunch it received 36 separate requests from Meta for internal information.

  
• Horizon Worlds is rolling out a Reels-esque creator bonus program

  Mark Zuckerberg said Meta considers creator monetization “really important, because you all need to be able to support yourself and make a good living building these awesome experiences.”

  
• Meta’s ‘We The Culture’ initiative for Black creators turns its lens on Reels
• Instagram lets users set daily time limits. Now it appears to be raising them.
• Facebook’s Pivoting To Video. Again.
• Facebook And Instagram Might Let You Create, Buy, And Sell NFTs
• Meta Opens Virtual ‘Horizon Worlds’ To Users In U.S. And Canada
• Facebook Is Rebranding To Be “Metaverse-First”