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• Quibi Picks Up Kendall Jenner-Produced Series Based On Parody Instagram Account
• TikTok Hits 1.5 Billion Total Downloads, Driven By Explosive Growth In India (Report)

  Despite purported political controversies, TikTok downloads show no sign of slowing. The micro-video app, which allows slews of Gen Z users to create short-form music and comedy clips, has clocked 1.5 billion downloads to date, Business Insider reports, citing data from app analytics firm Sensor Tower.

  
• 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
• Halloween Social Videos Amass Over 6.6 Billion Views in October Alone
• IGTV Rolls Out Tools Enabling Creators To Publish Videos As An Episodic Series
• Viral Video Upstart ‘Doing Things Media’ Appoints Former Group Nine Exec President, Taps Starry Advisers
• Talent Firm Rare Global Forms Incubator Division For ‘Mid-Tier’ Influencers Like Genelle Seldon, Brittany Sky
• Instagram Rolls Out Long-Awaited ‘Dark Mode’ on Latest Versions Of iOS, Android
• Facebook, Like Instagram, To Test Hiding ‘Likes’, Reactions, And Video Viewcounts
• YouTube, Facebook, Instagram Are Epicenters For Steroid Sales — And So Are Their Recommendation Algorithms (Study)