Facebook is rolling out a bunch of new live video features, including a video section that will prioritize live content above on-demand videos. Publishers like Business Insider and The Washington Post expect the new features to grow viewership on the platform. And with a dedicated section, clear... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Payments to BuzzFeed and others reflects Facebook’s desire to ensure Live has sufficient engaging contentFacebook is paying news publishers and broadcasters, including the New York Times, BuzzFeed and Sky, to provide content on its live video service.Video has become a priority for Facebook and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook has created a video hub that will roll out in the coming weeks for its flagship mobile app. According to a TechCrunch story, a button for the hub will receive prominent placement in the Facebook app and often highlight live video—though it will offer recorded clips as well. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sainsbury’s has launched a Spring ebook promotion, offering 99 titles for 99p each. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A show about sensuality that dips into the uncanny. A work of theater that packs a 2-D punch. And early images that captured the electric. Plus: Pieces that play with words and a pop-up storytelling show. “Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty,” at the Orange County Museum of Art. The New York-based... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Social media, once considered the side door to a publisher's site, is rapidly becoming the primary entry point for new readers. These readers move in and out of content differently than traditional web site visitors. Social visitors are new, they’re likely to stay that way, and even if they... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Apple's 40th birthday, an exclusive look at the notes its original media strategist took as he formulated an advertising and PR plan.At first blush, it appears to be an utterly unexceptional spiral-bound notebook. Manufactured in the U.S. by the National Blank Book Company of Holyoke,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Coronet has signed a three-book-deal with Lorna Byrne, author of Angels in My Hair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A survey of independent digital-first publishers reveals a wide array of growth strategies, including starting a print program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marketers interested in buying targeted video advertising on Facebook and Instagram based on television viewership and publisher data can now do so through TubeMogul, a programmatic advertising platform. Emeryville, Calif.-based TubeMogul's new integration with Facebook allows a brand to hit a... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook and KLM revealed Wednesday that the airline's customers can get flight confirmation, access boarding passes, receive check-in reminders and view flight status updates via Facebook Messenger. Through April 20, users of KLM's service on Facebook Messenger will have a chance to win two... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Atlantic was an "alpha" partner for Facebook's Instant Articles program. It is now pushing 98 percent of its new content to Facebook. Kim Lau, vp and gm of The Atlantic, said the results are mixed. It hasn't seen a negative impact, but it hasn't seen a giant benefit, either. One outstanding... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
From a user's perspective, Facebook Instant Articles are a no-brainer. Just tap the relevant link in your News Feed and the piece is visible immediately. Brilliant. For publishers, however, the feature is a little more complicated. There's a trade-of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eighty-eight French publishers and some 28,000 French-language titles are represented in bookstore Albertine's ebook expansion. The post 28,000 French-Language Ebooks Are Newly Available in the US appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
One gripe publishers have had about fast-loading Facebook Instant Articles is that it’s hard to monetize, especially with native advertising. Publishers will soon have greater ability to run native ads there, though, as ad tech company Polar is extending support for its platform to Instant... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook has developed a technology that will allow publishers to broadcast TV-quality live video on the platform, according to sources. Whereas before Facebook live video only required a smartphone or tablet to record content, now top publishers like TV networks will be able to stream content... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A European Commission ‘Action Plan’ on VAT will include plans to allow countries to lower the VAT on ebooks, The Bookseller understands. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of self-published ebooks accounted for 22% of the digital book market in the UK last year, the Nielsen BookInsights Conference today was told, although growth in overall ebook sales is slowing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
French publisher Libération has gone all in on Facebook Instant Articles, publishing all 150 daily articles to the platform, according to Libération's head of digital, Xavier Grangier. Since January it has found time spent on articles has increased 33 percent to over four minutes, according to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Almost every antitrust case turns on the definition of the market at issue, whether by product or geographically: Is a monopoly threatened in the market for all passenger vehicles or only two-seater sports cars? Are we talking about detergent sales nationwide or only in Wyoming? The Department of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]