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• Facebook Watch Rounds Out Cast For Catherine Zeta-Jones Beauty Pageant Drama ‘Queen America’
• Insights: Mobile Makeover – Go90 Went, IGTV Came, Apple Bundles And SnapGames Loom

  Around the same time Verizon announced go90's impending shutdown, Instagram launched a short-form video destination of its own (which, with all its vertical video, it wants you to definitely NOT go 90). Will it succeed? And what else is up in the marketplace?

  
• Facebook To Launch News Programming On July 16, Will Organize ‘Watch’ With New Categories

  "We are also rolling out sections for other types of video -- like Gaming -- to help people reliably catch up with the publishers and creators they care about," Facebook said.

  
• BuzzFeed, Mic To Launch Facebook Watch Series Helmed By Journalists

  Facebook Watch wants users of the social/media company to know that it's serious about fighting fake news. This is reflected in the platform's new programming, which now includes two series hosted by journalists--Audie Cornish and Natasha Del Toro.

  
• Facebook Tests Highlights, Which Will Eternalize Users’ Stories In Their Profiles
• Insights: The Big Schmear – Soon Every Social Media Platform Will Look Like Every Other One
• Instagram Users Spent 53 Minutes Per Day In The Android App This Month (Study)
• Check Out The Scene From Facebook’s Inaugural ‘Creator Day’ In Los Angeles
• Facebook Adds New Ways To Gamify Video, Will Incorporate Non-Episodic Clips Into ‘Watch’ Hub
• Insights: It’s Game On As Facebook Takes On Twitch And YouTube For Live-Streaming Primacy
• Facebook Announces New Feature That Aggregates Old Memories
• Facebook Is Launching A Video Destination Dedicated To Its Gaming Content