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• Dispo-Like, Photo-Sharing Startup ‘Lapse’ Raises $11 Million Seed Round
• Wheelhouse DNA Sets Brooklyn Beckham Cooking Show At Facebook Messenger

  Wheelhouse DNA, the entertainment company’s one-year-old digital, audio, and influencer division, is teeing up a Facebook Messenger cooking series in collaboration with rising influencer Brooklyn Beckham.

  
• Meta Opens Virtual ‘Horizon Worlds’ To Users In U.S. And Canada

  In a cinematic intro video forebodingly emblazoned with a disclaimer that warns images are simulated and “not representative of current product,” Meta envisions a sweeping, social world stocked with collaborative games and experiences.

  
• Facebook Ups Streamer-Fan Interactivity With New ‘Play Watch Connect’ Features

  “Imagine a world where you didn’t just watch a gaming creator stream their play session, but instead you could jump in and play with them live without needing to buy, download, or install the game--or a world where the gaming video you were watching becomes interactive itself,” Facebook said in a blog post today.

  
• Meta Ordered To Sell Giphy — Which It Acquired Last Year — By U.K. Competition Regulator
• Insights: Jack Dorsey Finally Frees Twitter Bird To Fly Higher, If It Can
• Lush To Shutter Most Of Its Social Media Accounts, Citing Consumer Well-Being
• Facebook Reportedly Offering Musicians And Celebrities Up To $50,000 To Use Its Clubhouse Copycat
• Instagram To Pay Nascent Reels Creators As Much As $10,000 In One-Time ‘Surprise’ Bonuses
• Facebook Is Helping Content Creators Duck App Store Fees
• TikTok Phenom Larray To Renovate His Grandma’s Home In Facebook Docuseries (Exclusive)
• Facebook Gaming Is Scoring More Watch Time Than YouTube, Despite Having 100,000 Fewer Streamers