Instagram just made it official: ads are about to hit the social photo-sharing platform. "In the next couple months, you may begin seeing an occasional ad in your Instagram feed if you’re in the United States," the company said in a blog post today. "Seeing photos and videos from brands you don’t follow will be new, so we’ll start slow. We’ll focus on delivering a small number of beautiful, high-quality photos and videos from a handful of brands that are already great members of the Instagram community." Taking a page from its corporate owner, Facebook, users will have the option to hide ads that are irrelevant and provide feedback as to why the ad didn't work. Instagram added that it wants ads to be "enjoyable and creative in much the same way you see engaging, high-quality ads when you flip through your favorite magazine." About a month ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that advertising was in the works at Instagram, an effort being led by director of business operations Emily White. It remains to be seen how well users tolerate ads on what had been a mostly brand-free platform, there's little doubt that advertiser interest for social and mobile media is surging. Per eMarketer, advertisers will spend $9.52 billion on social network ads globally this year, up 30.5 percent versus 2012. The researcher also sees mobile ad spending jumping 89 percent to $8.8 billion in 2013. The Instagram announcement comes on the same day that Twitter is expected to make its IPO... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jesmyn Ward's next novel, LET US DESCEND, will be published on October 3, 2023. It's her first novel since SING, UNBURIED, SING. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-01-28 01:23:42 UTC ]
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Lovers of gorgeous prose and ghost-soaked literary fiction rejoice: two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward’s next novel officially has a release date. Let Us Descend, Ward’s first novel in five years (since 2017’s Sing, Unburied Sing) will be published by Scribner on October 3. The... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-01-27 15:09:45 UTC ]
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The U.S. Department of Justice and eight states, including California, filed suit against Google in a Virginia federal court on Tuesday, claiming that the company illegally used its market powers to dominate Internet advertising. In a court filing originally reported on by CNN, the DOJ... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2023-01-24 19:39:28 UTC ]
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As many in the accessibility community will tell you, inclusive design isn’t an endeavor that’s “one and done.” It’s a continuous, ongoing effort to ensure that as new products and services are made, people with different needs or disabilities aren’t left out. Over the last three years, Engadget... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-01-16 15:00:07 UTC ]
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Nielsen is hitting the (ad) campaign trail. On Wednesday, the measurement and data giant announced the upcoming launch of Nielsen One Ads, a platform all about campaign measurement. According to Nielsen, the offering, available in the U.S. on Jan. 11, will provide a consistent, comparable and... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2023-01-04 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Watch for a follow-up to Leigh Bardugo’s “Ninth House” and a damning investigation of cobalt mining. Oh, maybe you’ve heard about a new memoir coming from Prince Harry? Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-12-29 16:00:14 UTC ]
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FroHere are eight new horror reads to make you shiver with something other than cold this December, including Mine: An Anthology of Body Autonomy Horror. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-12-06 11:35:00 UTC ]
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Unfold the blankets, brew some coffee, and get ready for another solid month of paperback releases. (Doubles as an ICYMI gift guide.) * Juhea Kim, Beasts of a Little Land (Ecco, December 6) “Everyone is extraordinary, a singular beast in exceptional times, and in Kim’s capable hands this liberty... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-12-01 19:17:24 UTC ]
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The Fall of Tess Gunty (I speak of Autumn, not ruination) continues apace with news that the Indiana author’s much-ballyhooed debut novel The Rabbit Hutch—the story of a group of residents of a low-income housing community in a fictional Indiana town over the course of one sweltering summer—has... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-11-29 16:36:13 UTC ]
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Berserk, the long-running manga that married fantasy and, well, violence, is coming back to the small screen. The original 25-episode 1997 anime series based on the manga and directed by Naohito Takahashi is coming to Netflix on December 1st, according to ComicBook.com.As is clear from the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-11-14 11:27:38 UTC ]
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Next year will mark the 80th anniversary of the book’s publication, and celebrations are already underway in New York City, where Saint-Exupéry wrote his masterpiece. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix's ad-supported tier finally has a release date, and it's now clear just what sacrifices you'll have to make to get a lower price. The new "Basic with Ads" plan will be available November 3rd at 12PM Eastern for $7 per month. It will initially be available to viewers in 12 countries,... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-10-13 17:45:26 UTC ]
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Some exciting spring book news: Random House will publish Curtis Sittenfeld’s seventh novel in April. And as both a Sittenfeld completist and an unabashed rom-com lover (NB: this does not include Netflix rom-coms), I’m very excited by both the novel’s title—Romantic Comedy—and its plot synopsis.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-13 16:02:18 UTC ]
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New York Comic Con returned to the Javits Center at full strength for 2022. Held October 6-9, the event drew 200,000 attendees, according to a spokesperson for ReedPop, the show organizer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s difficult to say anything that hasn’t already been said about Torrey Peters’s debut novel, Detransition, Baby. It won the PEN/Hemingway Award, was a national bestseller, a NYT Notable Book, and named a Book of the Year by more publications than my word count limit will let me include. Not... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2022-09-26 11:05:00 UTC ]
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PW talked with Alex Ross about his return to the Marvel comics universe with ‘Fantastic Four: Full Circle’, a new graphic novel starring The Fantastic Four, and his first effort writing and drawing a full graphic novel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A new anthology of the beloved British series actually manages to collect the work that makes it great. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2022-09-02 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Elizabeth Hand’s new book is no ordinary mystery novel but a genre-bending tale that captures the richness of Hawaii Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-28 12:00:00 UTC ]
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While there were no big announcements, creators and publishers of middle-grade and YA graphic novels had a strong presence at the show and the recent surge in organized efforts at censorship was a major topic of panels and discussions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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National and regional news publisher says Ukraine war coverage is turning off brands. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2022-07-26 10:13:19 UTC ]
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