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• MTV’s VMAs look to next generation with WhatsApp voting, TikToker cameos
• Meta lays off 11,000 workers to “become a leaner and more efficient company”

  Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta will lay off more than 11,000 employees in a round of job cuts that will affect Facebook and Instagram.

  
• WhatsApp enters the original content court with Giannis Antetokounmpo

  Called Naija Odyssey, the film is narrated by Antetokounmpo and his mother and “tells his origin story…as he reconciles his roots, birthplace and sense of belonging between cross-cultural worlds,” per its official description.

  
• TikTok Phenom Larray To Renovate His Grandma’s Home In Facebook Docuseries (Exclusive)

  Larray is the latest native TikToker to land an original show on Facebook's family of apps. In Something About Larray, the 23-year-old social phenom -- whose real name is Larri Merritt -- will over the course of 11 episodes renovate his grandmother’s home, where she has resided for 60 years.

  
• Insights: Breakup Lawsuit Will Transform Facebook, Regardless Of Its Eventual Outcome
• Instagram CEO On Stories Vs. Home Feed: “The Balance Between The Two Is Shifting”
• Facebook Tests Highlights, Which Will Eternalize Users’ Stories In Their Profiles
• Airbnb Is Yet Another Company To Try Out Snapchat-Style ‘Stories,’ With Select Users
• Facebook Says Instagram, WhatsApp Have 300 Million Daily Active Users For ‘Stories’ Features
• Facebook Sees Video Views Rise By 32% In Q1 2017, Doubles Down On Long-Form Content
• Snapchat Integrates Search Function For More Than 1 Million Stories
• Snapchat’s Second Hardware Launch Could Be A Camera Drone