

The Instagram Stories - Social Media News
Daniel Hill, The Instagram Stories - Social Media News
The ultimate destination for the latest in social media news, focusing on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Threads, and Edits. The show features exclusive audio clips from the voices behind the platforms, giving updates and insider insights. Whether you're a creator, marketer, or social media enthusiast, stay ahead of the curve and on top of social media news with 'The Instagram Stories - Social Media News'.
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Instagram and the Glyph are trademarks of Instagram, LLC in the U.S. and other countries. The publisher, author, and contributing photographers are independent and not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Instagram, LLC. Instagram and the Glyph are used with permission by Instagram, LLC.
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Aug 8, 2023 • 8min
The Instagram Stories - 8-8-23 - Reels reduced payouts and preventing creepy DMs
Show Notes:
Furious Facebook Reels creators are discussing legal action after Meta reduced promised payouts by thousands of dollars due to a ‘display error’ (Fortune.com)
Instagram working on Standouts (Twitter)
Instagram now auto-plays Carousels on Android with 3+ posts (Twitter)
Instagram is making it harder for people to spam you with DM requests (The Verge)
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Aug 6, 2023 • 8min
The Instagram Stories - 8-7-23 - YouTube Shorts News and TikTok News
Show Notes:
In challenge to TikTok, YouTube Shorts gains new creation tools like Collab and Q&As (TechCrunch)
TikTok has increased caption character limit to 4,000 characters (Twitter)
Lawsuit: ByteDance’s CapCut app secretly reaps massive amounts of user data (The Record)
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Aug 1, 2023 • 8min
The Instagram Stories - 8-1-23 - All the Ways Instagram is using AI
Show Notes:
Instagram Experiments With Range of Generative AI Elements (Social Media Examiner)
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Jul 28, 2023 • 7min
The Instagram Stories - 7-28-23 - Updates from the Artifact Team, and Mark Zuckerberg's Goals for Threads
Show Notes:
News app Artifact adds AI text-to-speech voices, including Snoop Dogg and Gwyneth Paltrow (The Verge)
Mark Zuckerberg thinks Threads could be Meta’s next social network with 1 billion users (The Verge)
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Jul 24, 2023 • 8min
The Instagram Stories - 7-25-23 - Twitter Rebrands as "X", TikTok Building a Spotify Killer, and Instagram Subscriptions Expand
Show Notes:
Express Your Creativity with Text Posts on TikTok (TikTok)
TikTok May Be Building a Spotify Killer (Twitter)
Bringing Subscriptions to More Creators on Instagram (Instagram)
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Jul 21, 2023 • 7min
The Instagram Stories - 7-21-23 - New Google Calendar Scheduling Tool, Plus Reels Templates Updates
Show Notes:
Calendly - the original. the best. (Calendly)
Appointment scheduling with Google Calendar (Google)
Instagram's New Reels Templates (Instagram)
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Jul 18, 2023 • 8min
The Instagram Stories - 7-18-23 - Adam Mosseri on Reels inside Stories plus AMA clips
Show Notes:
Hard Fork - Special Episode: Meta’s Twitter Rival Arrives, with Adam Mosseri (New York Times)
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Jul 14, 2023 • 8min
The Instagram Stories - 7-13-23 - Products Auto-Tagged in Stories Plus Hidden Gems on Threads
Show Notes:
Instagram now automatically tags products in stories when it detects them (Twitter)
Meta Verified is offering discounts if you sign up for both Instagram and Facebook profiles (Twitter)
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Jul 12, 2023 • 8min
The Instagram Stories - 7-12-23 - Tiktok testing option to download without watermark, plus Meta exec shares Metaverse plans
Show Notes:
TikTok testing an option to save videos without watermark (Twitter)
Meta exec says ‘the metaverse hype is dead’ and he’s happy: ‘Now we can put our heads down to build’ (Fortune)
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Jul 10, 2023 • 7min
The Instagram Stories - 7-10-23 - Let's do Q&A All About Threads
Show Notes:
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