As Facebook’s share of traffic to news sites has been falling sharply since early last year—and will only decline more—Google AMP has been on the rise. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Warner Music that covers the music company’s recorded music and music publishing catalogs for use in social media such as videos and messages. The deal paves the way for social media users to create, upload and share videos with licensed... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook on Friday announced a pair of deals that gets the social networking giant deeper into a pair of popular consumer pursuits — music and baseball. On the music front, Facebook is following up earlier deals it struck with Universal Music Group and Sony/ATV Music Publishing by lining up a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digiday surveyed European publishers about their strategies for countering changes to Facebook's news feed algorithm. The post Digiday Research: European publishers grapple with Facebook’s news feed changes appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlan Coben's new agreement with Grand Central reunites him with his long-time editor Ben Sevier, who published the author at Dutton before moving to GCP last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Proposal would grant publishers an antitrust exemption to seek concessions from tech giants, who dominate online advertising. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's latest news-feed change could affect the cottage industry that has sprung up to help feed viral publishers. The post Collateral damage from Facebook’s news-feed changes begins to pile up appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In this issue, we focus on how publishers are cobbling together a sustainable, independent future, free, as much as possible, from the whims of the duopoly. The post In the new issue of Digiday magazine, ‘game over’ for Facebook and media appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Radical publisher Verso Books has released a free ebook in response to the #MeToo movement. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is expanding its test of a breaking news tag to more than 50 publishers in North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia, and product manager Joey Rhyu shared some data from the social network's initial test run in a blog post. According to Rhyu, from Dec. 8 through Jan. 14, posts... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook began testing a "breaking news" label for developing stories back in November, and now the social network is expanding the option to more publishers. Starting this week, the company says 50 more outlets in North America, Latin America, Europ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook’s ever-changing opinion on which content it will boost in its News Feed is, well, changing yet again. After the company announced only a few months ago that it would de-emphasize content from publishers and brands, meaning news organizations would likely see their Facebook traffic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
In some cases, interactions dropped by more than 50 percent month over month. The post Viral publishers see sharp engagement drops on Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is in retreat mode these days as it continues to battle fake news. The social media juggernaut has decided to move away from digital publishers as a way of distancing itself from the internal problems it has been having for years. Facebook made a bold move by making a significant... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A booth at Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, Calif. The social network is stopping the experiment known as Explore, which separates news publishers from its main site. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Facebook algorithm shakeout has arrived, and publishers and agencies are struggling to adapt. The post The Rundown: The Facebook shakeout begins appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook has announced that it’s getting rid of its “Explore” feed. What is this “Explore” feed? you may ask. And indeed that question proves why the social network is getting rid of it. Explore was meant to create another feed for all content from publishers and companies. The idea was that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A majority of top publishers continue to post live videos to Facebook each month, according to data from Socialbakers. The post Despite subsidies disappearing, some publishers see hope for Facebook Live post-algorithm change appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher of Little Things blames Facebook's algorithm changes for the lifestyle website's closure. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2018-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digiday's online poll of publisher executives found that they believe Apple News should be their priority following Facebook's algorithm change. The post Digiday Research poll: Apple News dominates publisher focus after Facebook’s news feed changes appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]