Facebook still has big plans for its Instant Articles media-rich, quick-loading mobile stories from publishers, but those big plans no longer include Messenger. The social network rolled out Instant Articles on Messenger in July 2016, with vice president of messaging products David Marcus saying... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A look into the original shows populating Facebook's newest video platform. The post Major Magazine Publishers Flock to Facebook Watch appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson is publishing the notebook diaries of former Manchester United footballer Eric Cantona. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Open Road Integrated Media has acquired the US rights to the digital editions of the Adrian Mole series by late British author Sue Townsend, including the "iconic" The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A half-day seminar organized by the Book Industry Study Group focused on the increasing importance of publishing rights—and examined the industry’s longtime problem of poor rights management. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
It was only a few minutes after my imaginary Trump supporter “Todd White” began exploring Facebook that he learned filmmaker Michael Moore was staging a coup d’etat against president-elect Donald Trump. Todd also learned that Trump won the popular vote. And that there were people paid to protest... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is offering major record labels and music publishers hundreds of millions of dollars so the users of its social network can legally include songs in videos they upload, according to people familiar with the matter.The posting and viewing of video on Facebook has exploded in recent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is said to be offering hundreds of millions of dollars to music publishers and record labels to avoid having to take down user-generated videos that feature copyrighted music. Bloomberg cites "people familiar with the matter" as saying Facebook's payments will allow for the legal use of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon’s publishing chief David Naggar has said publishers should slash their ebook prices to 99p to sell more books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie booksellers around the world suffered lost income over the weekend when the Amazon-owned website AbeBooks.com went down for nearly two days. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barack Obama published a Facebook post calling the White house out on its decision to rescind the Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act. “To target these young people is wrong–because they have done nothing wrong,” Obama writes. “It is self-defeating–because they want to start new... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2017-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mills & Boon is launching its first weekly serial: a new 12-part digital-only series, called Secrets of the A List, to be written by 11 of its existing authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, our top stories examined the debut of Facebook-funded shows on Watch, publishers’ pivots to video and more. The post Best of the week: Facebook eyes YouTube with launch of Watch shows appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook Watch is barely out of the gate, and publishers are already talking to advertisers about distributing branded shows on the platform. The post Coming soon to Facebook Watch: sponsored shows appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
And publishers get to keep all of the revenue, says Mark Zuckerberg. The post Facebook Confirms Plan to Help Pubs Sell Subscriptions Through Instant Articles appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook revealed the most talked about video games and consoles on its platform during Gamescom, the German trade fair taking place Aug. 22 through 26. During the week of Gamescom, Facebook said more than 14 million users were behind 29 million interactions (posts, comments, Reactions and... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a timely partnership for the school year, international publisher McGraw-Hill and ebook-and-print bundler iFlipd pilot a $15-per-week textbook rental. The post Industry Notes: McGraw-Hill and iFlipd Pilot a Weekly Rental Ebook+Print Textbook Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook, giving back publishers a piece of their identities, is letting them display their logos alongside headlines. It's a move meant to appease media partners that feel they've lost the power of their brands when posting articles to social media.On Tuesday, the social network released new... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook introduced an easy way for users to tell when articles in its Trending feature and search originate from publishers. Product manager Andrew Anker said in a blog post that the social network eventually intends to expand these publisher logos to "all places where people consume news on... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
That’s the heart of the question now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, after a lively hearing on Tuesday in the case of Capitol Records vs. ReDigi. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]