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Meta’s Resistance to Sharing Ad Sales Starts to Crumble
By Mahira Dayal · Jan. 31, 2023 5:15 PM PST
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For at least a year, one question has hung over Meta Platforms-owned Facebook and Instagram: whether the apps will introduce a way to share a cut of ad revenues with more creators, similar to how YouTube pays video-makers. Our story today by Sylvia and Kaya goes deep into the debate at Meta over introducing ad-revenue sharing, which some staff viewed as a slippery slope, and a parallel argument...
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Bolt CEO Cuts Staff a Third Time as Revenue Lags
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