Facebook food giant Tastemade is getting into virtual reality

Tastemade is a food video giant. And yet, the publisher wants to be known for more than its recipe videos. It’s one of the reasons behind “A Perfect Day in Los Angeles,” the company’s first VR film, which features Ryan Seacrest, Conan O’Brien and social influencers providing a tour of the city. It’s a test case for Tastemade as well as a way to show potential brand partners that the company has this capability too. The post Facebook food giant Tastemade is getting into virtual reality appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'

[ Digiday | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CNN Takes a Page From Facebook With Autoplay

As ad dollars flow to online video, the video view has been asserting itself as the new coin of the realm for publishers.   And so with CNN Digital’s goal of being nothing less than the worldwide leader in video, it’s pushing ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CNN takes a page from Facebook with autoplay video

With all the revenue flowing to digital video, it’s easy to see why CNN is prioritizing video views over pageviews. CNN.com’s video views nearly doubled over the past year, through a mix of short- and long-form clips. It’s also not shy about taking a page from Facebook’s autoplay feature. But... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Internal training documents reveal how Facebook tackles diversity, bias, and discrimination

Workforce diversity is something that has been brought into sharp focus in recent months as companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook reveal the make-up of their staff. White, middleclass, male employees dominate the world of technology, and this is certainly the case at Facebook -- even... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2015-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Publishes Its Managing Bias Course For All

The social network is positioning itself as a leader in diversity efforts, even though it still has a lot to learn. The post Facebook Publishes Its Managing Bias Course For All appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Police: Woman lured by man on Facebook lived in a closet, held as sex slave

A woman was held captive in a closet and sexually abused by a Richmond, Calif., man she met on Facebook a year ago, police said. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Facebook video controls let you be sexist, ageist or secretive

Videos on Facebook are big business. As well as drugged up post-dentist footage, there is also huge advertising potential. Now Facebook has announced a new set of options for video publishers -- including the ability to limit who is able to see videos based on their age and gender. A social... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2015-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Introduces New Tools for Video Publishers

We’re building tools to help video publishers grow their businesses on Facebook, and we’re excited to announce two new updates that give publishers more control over how their videos are organized and shared. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philosophy via Facebook? Why not?

Academic philosophers tend to have a narrow view of what is valuable philosophical work. Hiring, tenure, promotion and prestige depend mainly on one's ability to produce journal articles in a particular theoretical, abstract style, mostly in reaction to a small group of canonical and 20th century... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brands Start Hosting Real-Time Video Chats on Facebook

Media brands were quick to adopt video apps Periscope and Meerkat to broadcast live streams, and now Facebook marketers want in on that action. Social platform BumeBox started hosting live Facebook chats for brands like VH1 and Discovery Channel back in October, as an alternative to the Twitter... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Instant Articles Appear in (Some) Feeds, but All the Same Questions Await

If you're wondering what ever happened to those Facebook Instant articles you were promised back in May, now there's word. Facebook has been testing instantly-loaded articles, hosted within Facebook instead of on publishers' sites, for the past couple of weeks, according to a report in The Wall... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here’s Why Facebook’s Instant Articles Probably Aren’t Popping Into Your Feed

Where are the Facebook Instant Articles?     That has been one of the social media mysteries of the summer.  The program was announced with much fanfare in early May, and several big publishers have said they’ve been putting ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook’s growing influence on news consumption, in 5 charts

When it comes to news, it's Facebook's world -- publishers are just living in it. As Facebook continues to court publishers and hold onto users, more people are using the site to keep up on news. According to Pew, 63 percent of Facebook and Twitter users said that they they get their news from... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon at 20: what has the online giant ever done for retail?

The e-commerce site is 20 years old this week. So what influence has it really had on the retail and internet industries?It was originally billed as “Earth’s Biggest Bookstore” and featured over one million titles. Twenty years later it boasts over 270m active accounts and claims to have more... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Instant Articles Just Don’t Add Up for Publishers

Here are some key numbers for content licensors in digital media: Netflix will pay approximately $3 billion in licensing and production fees this year to the television and film industry; Hulu is paying $192 million to license South Park; Spotify pay ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Lad Bible’s fans fuel its Facebook video boom

65twenty, the publisher behind bro-culture sites The Lad Bible and The Sport Bible, is generating more than 750 million views each month on Facebook. But unlike most publishers, a lot of those views are happening on content not created by 65twenty but shot and submitted by its highly engaged... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Herzenstage Virtual Romance Festival a Hit with YA Readers

Three German publishers hosted a virtual romance festival, #Herzenstage, across social media to connect with young adult readers and romance fans. The post Herzenstage Virtual Romance Festival a Hit with YA Readers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook To Start Sharing Ad Revenue With Video Partners

The tech giant is targeting YouTube's clients with a new ad revenue sharing program for video publishers.Facebook has just made another change to its burgeoning video advertising business. Effective today, Facebook is testing out sharing video ad revenue with video partners. The move is similar... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is sharing more ad dollars with its video creators

Facebook's shiny logo isn't all that's new for the social network today: The outfit's also announced how it plans to split video ad revenue with publishers. Like YouTube, Facebook will give content creators 55 percent of ad revenue and keep the rest,... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook steps up competition with YouTube with ad-supported videos

Social network already has 4bn views a day of its native clips, but helping their creators to make money is its next ambitionVideos uploaded directly to Facebook are watched more than 4bn times a day according to the social network. Now it wants their uploaders to be able to make money from... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How The New York Times finds new subscribers on Facebook

Facebook can drive a lot of traffic to publishers, but the knock is that a lot of it is fly-by traffic. The Times is using a startup, KeyWee, to find subscribers among the casual readers, though. KeyWee comes up with keywords for articles and then targets the articles to Facebook users who are... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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