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MARK ZUCKERBERG ON WHY FACEBOOK IS REBRANDING TO META By Alex Heath Source:-theverge For the first time in 17 years, Mark Zuckerberg has a new job title. On Thursday, he officially became the CEO and chairman of Meta, the new parent company name for Facebook. The rebrand is about solidifying the social media giant as being about the metaverse, which Zuckerberg sees as the future of the internet. Zuckerberg is staying in control of everything. He told me in an interview that, unlike the founders of Google who stepped aside in 2015 when it became part of a holding company called Alphabet, he has no plans to give up the top job. “I THINK WE’RE BASICALLY MOVING FROM BEING FACEBOOK FIRST AS A COMPANY TO BEING METAVERSE FIRST.” Instead, the change is about recognizing a shift inside the company that’s already taken place. Zuckerberg has been pouring billions of dollars — at least $10 ...