Twenty Snap alumni have launched Ghost Angels, an angel fund backing the next generation of social media and consumer AI startups. The fund has invested in at least five companies and plans to deploy remaining capital into at least 15 more within the next year. It declined to disclose total fund size. Max Rivera, who […]
The financial terms of the Breathitt County social media settlement have been disclosed for the first time. Meta is paying $9 million. Snap and TikTok are each paying $8 million. YouTube negotiated a payout of slightly more than $2 million. The combined $27 million is 8% more than the Kentucky school district’s $25 million annual […]
Meta is on track to dethrone Google as the world’s largest digital advertising business by the end of 2026, according to Emarketer. The market research firm projects Meta’s global net ad revenues will reach $243.46 billion this year, edging past Google’s projected $239.54 billion. It would be the first time in the history of digital advertising […]
Jay Shetty, the former Hindu monk turned self-help podcaster, has signed a deal to bring the video version of his show On Purpose exclusively to Spotify and Netflix. The arrangement is worth as much as $100 million over multiple years, according to people familiar with the deal cited by Bloomberg. That figure puts Shetty in […]
Spotify has launched a feature called Podcast Clips that lets listeners select, trim, and share specific moments from podcast episodes. A new scissors icon in the Now Playing view opens a clipping tool where users can mark a segment of audio, preview it, and share it via social media, messaging apps, or a direct link. […]
YouTube has announced that it will begin automatically detecting and labelling videos that contain significant photorealistic AI-generated content, using internal signals rather than relying on creators to disclose it themselves. The change marks a shift from the platform’s existing system, which has depended on voluntary creator disclosure since it launched in 2024. The automatic labels […]
Meta's new Forum app for iPhones takes Facebook Groups and moves them to a dedicated app with a dedicated AI chatbot to go with it, like an AI revamp of the
