Good morning, Marketer, and it wasnât the smoothest launch was it? Where to start? Mark Zuckerberg isnât the most natural on-camera performer and it was probably beyond his capabilities to make the video announcement of Meta (as the Facebook company, not the app, will now be known) anything less than kind of creepy and weird. When I hear Meta, I think Matrix. And then thereâs the logo, to which many people have already made unmentionable revisions on Twitter and (ouch) Instagram. And, for pedants, thereâs the reminder that âmetaverseâ is an awkward collision of Greek and Latin that literally means âturned back on, or into, beyond.â But letâs hear from the professionals. Jimmy Fallon: âSpectrum, we used to be TimeWarner and people still hate us.â Stephen Colbert: âAs in, your Aunt Gloria âmetaâ guy on FacebookâŚâ and the rest of that joke is unmentionable too. Find it here. We hope you like the new, streamlined newsletter design, even though we havenât re-branded it (MetaTech?), and have a great week. Kim Davis Editorial Director |