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Instagram is running a test that limits resharing and creators worry it could hurt their audience growth and businesses
- Instagram is running a new test that removes the ability to share feed posts to Stories, reports Sydney Bradley.
- The test is limited to select countries, and
Instagram doesn't have plans to expand it at this time. - Creators said that the test could hurt engagement, growth, and exposure.
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Inside McDonald's reckoning on race, amid billion-dollar lawsuits and unprecedented new efforts
- McDonald's pledged support for Black Lives Matter with donations and diversity-centric hires.
- Kate Taylor spoke with more than a dozen
McDonald's insiders about the fast-food giant's efforts. - Critics are skeptical enough is being done. Some Black executives and franchisees are even suing.
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5 Amazon power players who could replace Andy Jassy as CEO of $40 billion AWS
- Ashley Stewart and Eugene Kim report that Andy Jassy rise's to Amazon CEO leaves open his role as CEO of AWS.
- They named five
Amazon insiders who could be successors to Jassy, including Charlie Bell and Matt Garman. AWS execs Bell, Garman, and Peter DeSantis are part of Amazon's S-team, a group of leaders from across the company that work on key business decisions.
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More stories we're reading:
- The 10 best and worst Super Bowl commercials (Business Insider)
- TikTok is reportedly prepping a live-streamed shopping feature, and it could be like QVC for Gen-Z (Business Insider)
- The CEOs of Thrive Market, Hungryroot, and Good Eggs lay out how they're competing in the $1 trillion grocery industry as they move from niche to mainstream retailers (Business Insider)
- Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society signs film deal with Amazon Studios (Variety)
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