Instagram chases YouTube with a push for longer, widescreen videos
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has been against doing longform video on the platform "for a long time," he says in a six-and-a-half-minute video (here's the…
The Verge reports: Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has been against doing longform video on the platform "for a long time," he says in a six-and-a-half-minute video (here's the widescreen version) with VP of product Tessa Lyons, saying that "one of my concerns.
Instagram is announcing a big push into longform horizontal video, which the platform is calling "Features."
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