Facebook is no stranger to controversy, nor is the social network unfamiliar with upsetting its users. It seems as though Zuckerberg's baby has been hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons lately, and it's not all that long since users vented their fury after it was revealed that their newsfeeds had been manipulated in the name of research. Now the social network says that it was "unprepared for the reaction the paper received when it was published and have taken to heart the comments and criticism" and is now implementing new user research guidelines. "There are things we should… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'
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"It’s hard to react and get upset because the one thing about Facebook is, they’re going to continue to make changes.” The post Cheatsheet: Facebook’s attempt to rank publishers in the news feed appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch is calling on Facebook to pay "trusted" publishers if it wants to carry their news stories and videos, much like a cable company pays networks for their channels.The media mogul, who controls The Wall Street Journal and Fox News, has been among the most vocal of the old media... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch, the media billionaire who controls the Wall Street Journal, called on Facebook Inc. to begin paying publishers fees to carry the news that its users post and share online. His move is a sign of the print industry’s growing frustration with social media. “If Facebook wants to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch — the executive chairman of News Corporation, and the big boss at Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal — has a message to Silicon Valley's social media giants: Pay up. Murdoch's specific targets Monday were Facebook and Alphabet's Google, two... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
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News Corp. executive chairman and 21st Century Fox executive co-chairman Rupert Murdoch is taking on Silicon Valley. The media mogul released a statement today noting that if Facebook is going to revamp its news feed to ensure it's publishing the most legitimate, "trusted" news content on its... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amid policy changes at social network, media mogul criticizes it for failing to ‘adequately reward’ publishers that add value and integrityRupert Murdoch issued a new salvo in the row between Facebook and news publishers on Monday, calling on the social media company to pay publishers for their... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has plans to tweak its News Feed to include more posts from friends and family and less from news publishers in an attempt to fix some of the platform's problems. Now news magnate Rupert Murdoch thinks that the social network should adopt a... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has been fighting something of a losing battle against the problem of fake news, but media mogul Rupert Murdoch thinks he has come up with a solution. He says that the social network should pay "trusted" publishers for the provision of news content. Facebook recently said that it wants... Continue reading at Betanews
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Publishers were able to make decent money on Facebook by making and selling custom videos for advertisers, but that could soon change. The post Facebook news-feed changes will cut into publishers’ branded-content revenue appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For independent and non-profit outlets, small shifts in algorithms – as Mark Zuckerberg just introduced – can pose an existential threatFacebook’s recent company announcement should scare anyone who values independent and non-profit media.In response to mounting criticism over its role in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Messenger has come a long way since vice president of messaging products David Marcus left his post as president of PayPal to join the social network in June 2014. Marcus shared six trends that he believes will emerge for the messaging application in 2018 in a note published on Facebook... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Inc., which is cutting the amount of news in its news feed, will prioritize information from the publishers that remain on the social network based on how trustworthy they are, the company said. Trustworthiness is based on a recent survey of U.S. Facebook users that gauged their... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook will rank news outlets based on how "trustworthy" they determine them to be, in another News Feed tweak announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the platform Friday.Zuckerberg added that he expects a 20 percent drop in the amount of news people see."There's too much sensationalism,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Digiday Video Anywhere Summit, Digiday sat down with industry leaders to discuss the growing importance of over-the-top video. The post Digiday Research: Digital publishers flock to OTT appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The disappearing messages app is stepping up efforts to curry favor with publishers as Facebook deprioritizes them. The post As Facebook retreats from publishers, Snapchat is rolling out a publisher charm offensive appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“If you’re serious about helping publishers right the revenue balance, then invest in that area and adjust your ad product to reward quality content." The post ‘The relationship has to improve’: UK publishers want more contact with Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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African-American- and Hispanic-owned small businesses get the most benefit out of Facebook, a new study concludes, even as the company’s recent changes to News Feed seem likely to make it harder for such operations to drum up customers. According to a study published today by the U.S. Chamber of... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Big Green Bookshop is proposing to set up an alliance of independent bookshops in order to negotiate better discounts on books to compete with the bigger chains and retailers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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If Facebook's announcement last Thursday that its News Feed algorithm was being altered to favor posts from friends and family over those from publishers and pages came as a surprise to anyone, it probably shouldn't have. A source at the social network even said, "We've been openly discussing... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Facebook decides to favor content from friends and family over publishers' posts, agency buyers are telling clients to focus on influencer content. The post ‘Awesome dynamic’: Influencer marketing gets a boost with Facebook changes appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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