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Instagram readies for change amid "stiff competition"

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Instagram readies for change amid "stiff competition"
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Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the platform will expand beyond "a photo-sharing app" with the launch of full-screen, recommended videos within individual feeds and testing "full screen, immersive, entertaining, mobile-first video." In an Instagram video, Mosseri said the platform needs to embrace "serious competition" from upstarts and established platforms such as TikTok and YouTube and "that means change."
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We're creating together with the [TikTok] community, which is what makes the platform feel so authentic and special.
Melanie DiBiasio, senior manager of digital precision marketing at Ocean Spray, as quoted by SmartBrief/Food & Travel
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