Didn’t think Facebook could get any worse? Think again.

Just about 24 hours ago, we published a story recapping Facebook's terrible 2018. But the year isn't over, and it looks like the drama is going to continue until the bitter end. According to an investigation by The New York Times that cites interview... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2018-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Publishers Eye Facebook as YouTube Rival

Facebook is moving into YouTube’s turf, and that could be good for video publishers.     Facebook announced earlier this week that it’s testing a new video section on its mobile app, which would ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook moves further into YouTube’s turf with new mobile videos tab

Facebook said today its replacing the useless Messenger section with a Videos tab on its mobile app. The stream, dedicated to YouTube's bread-and-butter, will serve videos from friends, publishers, pages the user likes and ads. Facebook also confirmed its testing a floating video box, a new... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook to Test New E-Commerce Marketplace, Shoppable Ads

Facebook is looking to sell retailers on selling more products through Facebook.After rolling out its "buy" button and adding e-commerce shops to companies' Facebook pages, the social network plans to start testing two new ways for merchants to market their wares on the social network, including... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Facebook Attract More Retailers With New E-Commerce Features?

Facebook wants marketers to see it as more than a branding platform. So, it's announcing two new tests today to that should pique retailers' interests—speedy landing pages and a new section that curates shoppable products. Back in June, Facebook started testing full-screen mobile ads with... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's AMP Is Facebook's Instant Articles for the Mobile Web

To hear publishers tell it, Google's plan to help sites' pages instantly load on mobile isn't a shot across the bow at Facebook, which is doing the same thing. It's a shot at keeping the mobile web and the publishers on it relevant at a time when audiences' attentions are shifting to mobile apps... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Video Ads 'Significantly' Better Than YouTube's: Report

While Facebook's video ad service is still in its infancy -- about 18 months old -- it's already prefered by marketers over YouTube, according to a recent study published by RBC Capital Markets in partnership with Ad Age.Of the 1,000 advertising professionals surveyed, about 11% felt Facebook... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google AMP battles ad-blocking, Apple and Facebook by cutting load times

Search company unveils Accelerated Mobile Pages in bid to work with publishers, ad companies and rival platforms Google is attempting to counter the threat from ad-blocking and rivals Facebook and Apple by radically improving the loading speed of web pages on smartphones and tablets.Accelerated... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Unveils Accelerated Mobile Pages, Its Take On Facebook's Instant Articles

On Wednesday, Google announced its Accelerated Mobile Pages project, for which it has partnered with dozens of prominent publishers.In May, Facebook lifted the curtain on Instant Articles, a native publishing platform that hosts articles directly on the social network. For Facebook, which... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook to Start Grading Ads' Results Across Its Mobile App Network

Facebook is instituting something akin to employee performance reviews for app publishers in its ad network, grading how well their inventory achieves advertiser objectives like driving downloads or selling product.The company already uses that information to decide which ad buys it doles out to... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Expands Mobile Video Feature That Helps Content Creators Make Money

In July, Facebook made a big move into YouTube's turf with plans to launch Suggested Video—a feed of curated video clips from brands like Funny or Die, the NBA and Tastemade. After a small test over the past three months, it's now showing up in more mobile news feeds. Clicking on a video from a... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Check It Out with Andrew Richard Albanese: How To Make the Orphan Works Problem Worse

The U.S. Copyright Office is soliciting public comments on a massive 234-page report and legislative proposal dealing with one of copyright’s central problems—orphan works. But with a week left in the comment period, librarians and archivists—groups that once supported orphan works... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To compete with Facebook and Google, publishers step up their ad-targeting game

Traditional publishers, tired of competing with Facebook and Google for digital ad dollars, are taking steps to get more personal with their advertising. Among the big topics discussed during Advertising Week was how media companies like News Corp and Condé Nast are getting into the ad tech... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's Steve Hatch joins Trinity Mirror board

Social network’s UK and Ireland managing director to assist publisher with digital expansionThe publisher of the Daily Mirror has appointed Facebook’s UK and Ireland chief as a non-executive director to boost its drive into digital publishing.Steve Hatch, Facebook’s first managing director for... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is Ad Fraud Even Worse Than You Thought?

Just how much of a problem is ad fraud? If you're a regular reader of Ad Age, you know it's a big problem -- though just how big depends on lots of variables, including the specific digital agencies, ad-tech vendors and publishers a given marketer choses to work with. And if you read our recent... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Brings 360-Degree Virtual Reality Videos to News Feeds

Stars Wars was first to post a 360-degree video. Photo: Facebook Virtual reality is coming to Facebook news feeds. Today the company rolled out 360-degree videos brands and publishers can post to their pages. Desktop viewers just have to drag their mouse over a clip to change the angle, and... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Star Wars' takes center stage in Facebook's 360-degree video rollout

Facebook has added 360-degree videos to its news feed, an immersive feature the Menlo Park-based social media platform said will capitalize on a growing number of video publishers using the format. And to pique the interest of users, The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and Lucasfilm have published... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook now supports 360-degree video

Facebook videos are about to get more interactive.  The social network announced Wednesday it now supports 360-degree videos. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook videos have fleeting lives

When a brand uploads a new video to Facebook, 94 percent of views it generates in the following week happen on that video, says Visible Measures. The stat shows that while video is booming on Facebook, it’s still difficult for brands and publishers to get people to watch their entire library,... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Infographic Shows Facebook's Biggest Topics Last Month

On Aug. 24, when Facebook drew 1 billion users on a single day for the first time, the social network's impact on the world of conversation only became more obvious. But what exactly are people using the platform to talk about? To inform our readers, we've started working with Facebook to... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spoiler alert: this article says why Terry Pratchett review didn’t have a warning | Open door | Claire Armitstead

If we add an alert to one review, what about the others? Readers have different sensitivities; who is to say which details may spoil a book for any one of them?Readers hate spoilers, and one of the sacred duties of the literary editor is to make sure they don’t happen – or if they do, that... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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