Keep up with some of the current developments and changes in social media, as curated by our team:

Instagram Announces Next Stage of IGTV Monetization, New Revenue Options for Instagram Live

–Instagram has been working to provide monetization opportunities for IGTV over the last few months, with the first stage of IGTV ads spotted in testing back in February 

Facebook Adds Option to Send Marketing Emails via Pages App

– A new live event companion tool called ‘Venue’ which seeks to add to the engagement potential of real-time viewing.

Instagram Tests Messenger Integration, New ‘Plans’ Sticker for Scheduling Online Meet-Ups

– Facebook’s plan to integrate its messaging apps has taken another small step forward this week, with Instagram testing out a new option that would enable you to view your Messenger messages in your Instagram Direct inbox.

Instagram is Testing a Double-Story Stories Feed with Some Users

– Instagram has actually been looking at adding more Stories bubbles for the last few months, with reverse engineering analyst Jane Manchun Wong spotting the back-end code for such back in April.