Daily Minute Master Series
January 22, 2026
by Corey Padveen
Marketing News and Updates
TikTok Adds More Control Options to Smart+ Campaigns
TikTok has announced some new updates to its AI-powered Smart+ campaigns, including enhanced creative selection for promotions, the expansion of duplication and draft mode, and ad previews for creative combinations.
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Meta Announces Global Expansion of Threads Ads
After initially suggesting that it would wait until Threads reached a billion users before integrating ads, Meta is now opening up Threads ads to all regions, providing another steady income stream for Zuckerberg’s ever-expanding behemoth.
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Instagram Tests Changing ‘Following’ Display to ‘Friends’
As some users have noticed in the app, Instagram is currently testing out an update to the profile display, which would change your “Following” count to “Friends” instead, the people who mutually follow you in the app.
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YouTube’s CEO Outlines Key Areas of Focus for 2026
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has published his latest overview of what he’ll be focused on in the year ahead, as the platform continues to become a bigger part of the media ecosystem, and a more established and trusted source of information and entertainment.
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Wix Introduces Harmony AI Website Builder
Wix announced the launch of Wix Harmony, a new AI-powered website builder that combines natural language site creation with Wix’s existing visual editor. The company introduced the product in New York and said it will begin rolling out in English to users in the coming weeks. Wix positions Harmony as a tool designed to produce fully functional, production-ready websites rather than quick demos, addressing common tradeoffs between fast site creation and developing deployment-ready websites.
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Shopify Shares More Details On Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)
Harvey Finkelstein, the president of Shopify, was recently interviewed about their open source Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), which enables agentic AI shopping. Co-developed with Google, he explains how UCP enables brands to be discovered by customers based on personalized recommendations, as opposed to advertising and classic search paradigms that are less personalized.
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