Ad Age Wake-Up Call: Changes Ahead for Social Media Video Ads, and Other News to Know Today

Good morning. Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing and digital-related news. What people are talking about today: Social media video advertising. It's been in the news a lot in the last 24 hours, with a few different developments of note to anyone keeping track of the fast-moving space.First off, GroupM, the world's largest ad buyer, is relaxing the "viewability" standards that dictate what kind of video ads it will accept to pay for on social feeds, as Ad Age's Megan Graham reports. WPP's GroupM no longer objects if social video ads play automatically or with the sound off.Facebook had some news too: It's going to let marketers run video ads specifically as "in stream" breaks during videos from publishers, as The Wall Street Journal reports. "Up until now, advertisers had only been able to run video ads on Facebook as stand-alone posts in users' feeds, aside from a limited test of in-stream video ads," as the Journal notes. Variety calls it "another step to grab bucks from television advertising budgets." This is happening after Facebook announced its own original video content platform, Watch. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #daily roundup #keeping track #video ads

Other news stories related to: "Ad Age Wake-Up Call: Changes Ahead for Social Media Video Ads, and Other News to Know Today"


Facebook's New Tool Lets Publishers Use Its Data to Sell Video Ads

Facebook is opening up its data for streaming video publishers to target video ads on their sites and in their apps.A&E Networks, ESPN, Hearst Television and Scripps Networks Interactive are testing an automated system that lets marketers find their intended audience using Facebook data such... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #intended audience #hearst television #ae networks #automated system


Publishers Can Now Use Video Ads Through Google’s AMP Pages

In its bid to make the mobile web faster--and more profitable--Google is adding more capabilities to its accelerated mobile pages to help publishers make more money and users waste less battery power. At its annual I/O developer conference this week, Google unveiled several updates for its AMP... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #developer conference #amp pages #video ads #publishers make


PRH bewitched by social media magician's middle-grade novel

Penguin Random House Children’s Publishers will publish social media magician Zach King’s first middle-grade book with an accompanying augmented reality app. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #middle-grade book


Facebook publishes fake news ads in UK papers

Adverts contain a list of ten things to look out for when deciding whether a story is genuine. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #ten things


Podcast: Bonnier’s Semande Agosa on the duopoly, ad blocking, fake news

We sit down with with Semande Agosa,Head of Programmatic and Strategic Partnerships at Bonnier Corporation to discuss some major trends in the media space. From the duopoly to fake news we tackled the trends that had mouths moving at the Digiday Publishing Summit. Sponsored content by GumGum The... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #sponsored content #media space #strategic partnerships #fake news #ad blocking #post podcast #major trends #bonnier corporation


How Thought Catalog Uses Social Media Data To Drive Book Publishing

Chris Lavergne, publisher of Thought Catalog Books, knows what his social data is saying: Create 'an experience that isn't efficient—that's anti-efficient.' The post How Thought Catalog Uses Social Media Data To Drive Book Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #thought catalog


Facebook Just Added Call-to-Action Units to Its Instant Articles

Facebook is adding email and page like call-to-action units to its Instant Articles format for publishers, and the social network is testing CTA units for free trials and mobile application installations. Product manager Josh Roberts introduced the calls to action in a Facebook Media blog post,... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Twitter Extends Pre-Roll Video Ads to Periscope Livestreams

Periscope videos will start showing pre-roll ads on Twitter.The media service is expanding a program it uses to push pre-roll video ads ahead of clips from publishing partners on the platform, and will now serve commercials before Periscope livestreams. On Tuesday, Twitter announced the new ad... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #natural extension #ad inventory #publishing partners


World Poetry Day: social media drives 16% sales increase

Poetry sales have continued to grow in 2017 ahead of World Poetry Day today (21st March), with writers driving interest on social media one possible reason for the genre's current boom. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Facebook’s latest video shift irks news publishers

Facebook’s 2017 plans include buying original shows and rolling out a mid-roll ad product for media partners. But some news publishers feel like these initiatives won’t help them. The post Facebook’s latest video shift irks news publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #media partners #post facebook


Time Inc. is hungry for social food videos, too

The publishing giant plans to produce six to eight short videos a day for Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter with its first social-only launch, Well Done. The post Time Inc. is hungry for social food videos, too appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #short videos #post time


4 Secrets to Social Video Success

The power of social video marketing is increasingly touted as the fastest way for brands to build engagement with customers and prospects. In a recent survey, 80 percent of content marketers said videos published on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have directly impacted their business. This... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #recent survey


Facebook is inserting ads midway through videos

Facebook's ambitions for video have been pretty explicit. And now the social network is (officially) introducing a way for its publishing partners to get paid for them. Rather than front-loading ads the way YouTube and so many others do, these will a... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #publishing partners


Facebook Is Expanding Ad Breaks for Live and Uploaded Video

Publishers and creators might soon be able to make more money off their Facebook video content. Facebook is introducing or expanding three types of video ads for both the social network and publishers' websites: in-stream video ads for publisher websites, expanding ad breaks for Facebook Live... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #ad breaks #video ads #publisher websites


O'Malley and Hung take on Fashion, Social Media in 'Snotgirl'

In this book collection by Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley, he teams with artist Leslie Hung to produce a behind the scenes look at the fashion world through the eyes of a social media fixated fashion blogger. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #book collection #fashion world


Social Media for Association Magazines: Q&A with Tony Lee

The Folio: Association Media Summit speaker and VP of Editorial at SHRM shares his take on the role of social in non-profit media. The post Social Media for Association Magazines: Q&A with Tony Lee appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Restructurings, Downsizings, and a Social-Media Steamroller

Two weeks of convulsive change at three of the most prestigious magazine publishers, while Facebook grows by nearly 60 percent. The post Restructurings, Downsizings, and a Social-Media Steamroller appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Snapchat Is Now Pitching Brands on Sequential Video Ads

Snapchat is encouraging brands to run longer video by buying bigger packages of ads. According to sources, Snap has started pitching brands on a new type of ad package called sequenced messaging, a type of sequential advertising, in recent weeks. The new ad pricing bundles video ads together... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #makes sense #real estate #horizon media #business development


Jenny Colgan review sparks social media storm

Novelist Jenny Colgan deactivated her Twitter account this weekend after her Guardian review of The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters by Nadiya Hussain, ghostwritten by Ayisha Mailk, sparked angry reactions on social media. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #nadiya hussain #secret lives #guardian review #twitter account


‘Consumers will rebel’: Publishers face creative challenges with Facebook’s mid-roll video ads

Publishers are hopeful about the chance to finally turn their Facebook videos into a revenue stream, but creative challenges await them. Ads could bring a welcome source of revenue, but videos will have to be edited with breaks in mind. And most online video that's out there now isn't good... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #cat video #people watching #online video #revenue stream