Instagram Launches TikTok Competitor Reels

Celebrity stylist Dani Michelle has worked with It-girls including Kourtney Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kristin Cavallari, and Aya Muse designer Tina Rodiou has created pieces worn by fashionable models like Bella Hadid, Sofia Richie and Kaia Gerber, so when the stylist and the designer met, a chic collab was a natural next step.

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWithin two months, TikTok’s U.S. business likely will be under the wing of a new owner — after Donald Trump’s move to force China’s ByteDance to divest the popular video app over what he says are national-security concerns.Amid that backdrop of uncertainty, TikTok is carrying on in business-as-usual fashion: Starting this week in the U.S., it’s unleashing its biggest ad campaign to date, aiming to lure even more American users to the platform.

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Instagram just introduced a brand new feature called Reels and it immediately has drawn comparison to the social media app TikTok.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYou still can’t watch HBO Max or NBCUniversal’s Peacock on Fire TV — but now you can stream TikTok videos on your big-screen TV through the Amazon devices.For whatever fans of TikTok there might be looking to watch top lip-syncing and dance videos on an HDTV, the company has bowed an app on Fire TV called “More on TikTok.” The app, rolling out starting Thursday, marks the first time TikTok is officially available on a connected-TV device.The launch on Fire TV

View this post on InstagramA post shared by Zooey Deschanel (@zooeydeschanel) on Feb 19, 2013 at 10:17pm PSTReels is Instagram’s version of TikTok – 15 second videos you edit and create in the app.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Zooey Deschanel (@zooeydeschanel) on Feb 19, 2013 at 10:17pm PSTReels can be found in the Instagram app.

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By Katie PaulThe product immediately got uptake with several celebrities, following a push by Facebook to attract creative talent before launch: actress Jessica Alba posted a video with her family promoting her Honest Company's masks, while comedian Mindy Kaling showed off an intentionally underwhelming quarantine "workout" routine.The launch escalates a bruising fight between Facebook and TikTok, with each casting the other as a threat.

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorInstagram has unspooled Reels — and the newly launched short-form video feature looks quite a lot like TikTok.With Reels, Instagram app users can record, edit, share and discover videos of up to 15 seconds, backed with audio and music including millions of songs licensed from music companies. Instagram Reels is launching today (Aug.

exactly what they say they need by creating their own beauty empires. Importantly, these influencers are often around the same age as their viewers, so have a unique ability to relate to and understand their viewer's needs; think of it as peer-to-peer selling reinvented for the new decade.The most famous of all is probably Emily Weiss, who built her cult-status beauty brand Glossier out of her blog, Into The Gloss, in 2010.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: As TikTok continues to make headlines with President Trump’s threat to shutdown the social media service if a U.S.