Facebook has 'black people problem,' ex-employee says

As Facebook defends its handling of Russian political interference, an ex-employee published another scathing critique of the company's culture. Facebook "has a black people problem," Mark S. Luckie wrote in a lengthy internal memo circulated earlier this month and made public on Facebook Tuesday.In the post, Luckie, who worked as a partnerships manager for a year, described the ways in which the social network excludes its black users and employees."Facebook's disenfranchisement of black people on the platform mirrors the marginalization of its black employees," he writes. "Racial discrimination at Facebook is real." Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viz magazine blocked from Facebook

Profane parody of tabloids and comics tweeted that Facebook had hidden its Facebook page and threatened it with deletion The frequently foul-mouthed comic Viz has had its brand page blocked by Facebook.The almost 40-year-old Viz, a parody of titles like Beano but with frequently risque language... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Adds 7 Publishers to Anthology Branded-Video Program

That number should ramp up quickly as Facebook expands the Anthology program ahead of this year's Digital Content NewFronts, adding Brit & Co, Complex Media, Conde Nast, Discovery Communications, NowThis, PopSugar and Refinery29."The selection of these new partners gets to the crux of the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Book People closes Queen of Teen award

Book retailer The Book People has confirmed it will no longer run the Queen of Teen award, saying the prize does not form part of its “ongoing plans”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Hillel Black, 86

Hillel Black, former publisher of Macmillan and editor-in-chief at William Morrow, died February 8 at the age of 86. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Dark look' at failing marriage to Black & White

Black & White Publishing has acquired a new novel by Irish writer and actress Caroline Grace-Cassidy. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How do people with groundbreaking ideas bring them into reality?

Adam Grant is not your typical business school professor. Just 34, he reached tenure while still in his 20s and finished his doctorate in less than three years. He writes op-eds with Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and got a book blurb from the likes of J.J. Abrams, the director... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In search of Facebook love, publishers form link-sharing pacts with each other

Publishers that are scouring for more readers are digging into the audiences of rival sites. Through what some people call "social syndication," The Daily Dot, Bustle, Mental Floss and others are partnering up to cross-post articles in each other's Facebook pages. Often, this means teaming up... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Facebook Is Using Surveys to Improve Its News Feed and Give Users What They Want

Facebook is taking more of a "survey says" approach to what users will see in their news feeds. In a blog post published today, Facebook software engineers Cheng Zhang and Si Chen explained that the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company's traditional ways of determining what shows up in feeds—likes,... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's latest News Feed overhaul puts stories you want to see at the top

Facebook knows everything about you, from who your friends and family are to what you like and where you’ve been. It even knows the posts you draft but never publish. Combine all that information with the power of the like button, which signals to Facebook that a post should be shared more... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook should know by now what's news and what's spam

Late last week, The Guardian published an interview with a survivor of Obama's first drone strike, which occurred in tribal Pakistan on his third day as president. It detailed the impact the attack had and raised concerns over the civilian damage the... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Owns Social Login Scene, But Google's Creeping Up

Social logins remain an easy way for brands and publishers to get people to register to use their sites and apps in order to collect more information about those people -- who opt-in to share that information -- and do things like customize the articles or products they're shown.Not... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Boston Globe is using Notes to publish directly to Facebook

The Boston Globe may not be a Instant Articles publisher, but its turning to Facebook's Note's feature to create something close to it. The publisher on Tuesday started using Notes to publish directly to the Facebook platform. It hopes that the speed the articles load, along with their overall... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gawker’s Nick Denton: Facebook dominance is better than ‘convoluted’ ad tech

Gawker Media CEO Nick Denton told Recode that the publisher, which used to view Facebook warily, is now "going all in" on Facebook Instant Articles. He's now come around to the idea that Facebook can simply provide a better user experience and even monetize better than the options publishers... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's New And Improved Like Button Is Coming "In The Next Few Weeks"

Reactions will enhance Facebook's classic Like button with emoji responses that convey emotions ranging from anger to awe.As revealed in October, Facebook has been hard at work reinventing the famed Like button—and Bloomberg got the inside scoop. In a profile published Wednesday, Bloomberg digs... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Is Expanding Its Burgeoning Ad Network to the Mobile Web

Facebook is expanding its ad network from just third-party apps to the mobile Web. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company will begin making its Facebook Audience Network available for publishers and advertisers outside of publishers' native apps. The Audience Network for the mobile Web will... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How brands and publishers are using Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger has 700 million monthly users, breaking out its humble beginnings as a messenger app. More brands will be experimenting with Messenger. For instance, Hyatt is using it for customer service. Disney has automated bots as forms of entertainment. Bild, the German publisher, is... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is cutting prices in its brand-content matchmaking program

Facebook is lowering the price it costs advertisers to join Anthology, which matches brands and top publishers like Vice and Vox, which help create content for promotion in the news feed. Anthology had set the minimum advertising commitment at several million dollars, according to sources, but... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Snapchat Plans to Compete With Facebook for Advertisers' Dollars

In an alternate universe, Snapchat would have become a part of Facebook when the social network reportedly tried to buy the mobile app for $3 billion in 2013. Instead Snapchat has set its sights on recreating Facebook's success, and its employees have been discussing with people outside the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo balk at UK's Investigatory Powers Bill

The Investigatory Powers Bill may only be in draft form at the moment, but the UK government has already come in for criticism for its plans. Today, scores of pieces of written evidence, both for and against the proposals, have been published, including input from the Reform Government... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's LiveRail Exits the Ad Server Business

Facebook's publisher-facing ad-tech arm LiveRail is shutting down the ad server business that you might not have known it operated.Known best for being one of the top video ad exchanges when Facebook agreed to buy it in July 2014, LiveRail also offered a way to help publishers pick out which... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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