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Instagram has announced several updates across photos, carousels, Reels, Stories, and insights.

Kohl's launched The Influencer Shop, a collection of creator storefronts featuring influencers such as Dani Schaffer, Gerald Fluellen, Candace Smith, and Liz Webber, just in time for holiday shopping.

TikTok has rolled out an in-app effect editor.

YouTube has announced new requirements for AI-generated content.

TikTok launched Add to Music App, a new feature allowing US and UK users to save songs they discover on TikTok to major streaming services such as Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify.

YouTube previewed one of its early AI Music experiments.

Threads introduced new control features in response to community feedback.

Threads is currently testing topic tags as a way to categorize posts.

Acast has announced a new feature for its self-serve podcasting advertising platform called the Availability Calendar.

Pops offers a five-week program with various perks for creators, including best practices for using Threads, previews of upcoming features, a weekly newsletter that curates reality TV and pop culture trends, challenges with special prizes, the ability to chat with other program participants, and more.

Kohl's has launched "The Influencer Shop," a collection of creator storefronts featuring influencers such as Dani Schaffer, Gerald Fluellen, Candace Smith, and Liz Webber.