Instagram

• Condé Nast Reveals Latest IGTV Slate Amid Revamped Ad Strategy
• Following Positive Feedback, Instagram Expands Test Of Hidden ‘Like’ Counts Globally

  Instagram is taking its long-in-the-works test removal of 'like' counts to the masses.After initiating the tests in Canada in May, and rolling it out among select users in Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Italy, Japan, and New Zealand in July, the company has now rolled out the pilot test globally, Techcrunch reports.

  
• As Mark Zuckerberg Blasts TikTok, Instagram Is Testing A Copycat Product, ‘Reels’, In Brazil

  Instagram, which successfully pilfered the Snapchat Stories format, is hoping for a similar coup with the highly-edited music video, meme, and challenge video medium proliferating on the platform du jour, TikTok.

  
• IGTV Is Funding Creator Content — When It Doesn’t Touch On Politics, Social Issues

  Instagram is willing to shell out some dough to encourage celebrities and influencers to create content for its slow-to-catch-on IGTV video hub -- with one small catch.

  
• IGTV Rolls Out Tools Enabling Creators To Publish Videos As An Episodic Series
• Is A.I. The Next Step For Influencer Marketing? Meet Lil Miquela.
• Instagram Rolls Out Long-Awaited ‘Dark Mode’ on Latest Versions Of iOS, Android
• Instagram Partners With Jonah Hill On Anti-Bullying Docuseries For IGTV
• Instagram Reportedly Developing A TikTok Copycat Feature Called ‘Clips’
• Facebook Opens Instagram’s AR Filter-Building Tool, ‘Spark,’ To Everyone
• Instagram Is Rolling Out The Ability To Natively Pre-Schedule Grid Posts, IGTV Videos
• Following Platform-Wide Purge, Instagram Hires First Exec To Interface With Meme Accounts