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Instagram just announced a new feature that looks a whole lot like YouTube. In a video posted on October 26, the company announced its latest product, “Features.” According to head of Instagram Adam Mosseri and VP of product Tessa Lyons, Features is Instagram’s first major push into long-form,...

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Instagram just announced a new feature that looks a whole lot like YouTube. In a video posted on October 26, the company announced its latest product, “Features.” According to head of Instagram Adam Mosseri and VP of product Tessa Lyons, Features is Instagram’s first major push into long-form,... Our newsroom desk has synthesized the full institutional context, underlying policy benchmarks, and forward outlook below.

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Why Instagram is about to look a lot more like YouTube

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