Facebook will shutter Neighborhoods, its Nextdoor-like product to help neighbors connect and share local information, in October, after launching it in May 2021 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Meta says it will be shutting down Bulletin, its newsletter service, by early next year  —  The social media company plans to bring more content back to the Facebook platform directly.  —  Meta will be shutting down Bulletin, its newsletter subscription service, by early next year, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:
Sources: autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI, which raised billions in VC funding, is shutting down; top backers Ford and VW will absorb its parts and some staff  —  Argo AI, an autonomous vehicle startup that burst on the scene in 2017 stacked with a $1 billion investment, is shutting down …

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Source: creators that use Snapchat’s TikTok clone Spotlight will now be paid millions per year, down from millions per week in 2021 and $1M per day in 2020  —  Snapchat has changed the way it pays creators through its Spotlight reward fund.  Creators that use Snapchat’s TikTok clone …

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
TikTok adds TikTok Now, a BeReal-like feature, to its app in the US, with daily prompts to capture a 10-second video or a photo using front and back cameras  —  TikTok launched a new feature today that is basically just a copy of BeReal, the buzzy French social app that’s been steadily gaining popularity.

Josh Constine / @joshconstine:
[Thread] Meta is shutting down Super, a Cameo-like app that let people pay creators or celebrities to interact with them in a live stream, on February 15, 2023  —  Facebook is shutting down its Cameo clone Super. As expected, the big social apps weren’t committed to helping creators monetize, they were just afraid of them jumping ship. https://twitter.com/…

Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: Protocol, a tech news-focused website that launched in early 2020, will shutter later this week and lay off its entire staff of ~60  —  New York CNN Business —  Protocol, the upstart technology news website launched by former Politico owner and publisher Robert Allbritton in early 2020 …