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Meta’s newest Threads tools turn podcast promotion into a structured, measurable product experience — while leaving audio distribution to existing platforms.
A $5.5 million seed round backs a platform that pays everyday creators by views and lets brands convert organic posts into paid social advertising.
Roblox is expanding AI-assisted creation while preparing standalone and browser-based distribution for games built with its engine.
The audio platform says AI now supports most of its catalog, compressing production cycles while a performance-marketing engine drives global growth.
IMDb and IMDbPro now recognize digital creators as a professional category, formally extending the entertainment industry’s résumé system to streamers, vloggers, video essayists and influencers.
