News

• TikTok-style vertical videos are set to conquer the porn industry
• Instagram wants to host the next Group Chat, so it’s letting you link your Reels

  As short-form web series like 'Group Chat' become popular, Instagram is making sure that Reels can get in on the fun.

  
• YouTube Music celebrates 10th anniversary by showing you which bands are in town

  YouTube Music is now ten years old, and the platforms is celebrating with a Bandsintown integration (and Sabrina Carpenter partnership).

  
• Pinterest opens up a Thrift Shop for Gen Z

  Pinterest is serving Gen Z consumers who prefer to buy their clothes secondhand by opening up a hub called Thrift Shop.

  
• Bean there, done that: Hank Green’s focus aid soars to top of App Store charts
• YouTube’s new Effect Maker puts it in competition with TikTok and Snapchat
• The White House is bringing MAGA memes to TikTok
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2020, a mass reckoning came to the creator world
• ESPN is hiring creators. It will feature them on an in-app, TikTok-style feed.
• TikTok’s college-centric update is a nod to OG Facebook
• Netflix’s continued creator push brings Mark Rober on board
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast, Dave Ramsey, a battery, and an otamatone walk into a bar