Facebook’s Messenger app has traditionally been used for keeping in touch with friends. Now people can also use it to send each other money. In the future, it could become a platform which other apps could use, if recent rumors prove true.This Wednesday and Thursday at its F8 conference in San Francisco, Facebook will show off new tools to help third party developers build apps, deploy them on Facebook and monetize them through Facebook advertising.Among those tools might be a new service for developers to publish content or features of their own inside Messenger, according to a TechCrunch article. Facebook did not respond to requests for comment.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
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Before Facebook announced its news feed changes, many publishers were working to minimize their dependence on the platform's referral traffic. The post Publishers, already shifting dependence from Facebook, are expected to accelerate that in wake of news feed change appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers had plenty of warning that the Great Facebook News Feed Purge was coming. That doesn’t make it any less painful for many. The post ‘They’re saying, “F publishers”’: Media winners and losers of Facebook’s feed purge appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Music continued to fill the air in Menlo Park, Calif., as Facebook announced three new partnerships with music publishers, coming on the heels of its deal with Sony/ATV earlier this week and its pact with Universal Music Group, inked in December. Facebook head of music business development and... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed is taking matters into its own hands on Facebook, after the social network announced moves that could restrict publishers' ability to reach people there.The digital publisher, which has often relied on Facebook for its audience, was buying ads on Friday to bring readers into its own... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brown said that because posts from friends will be weighted most heavily, people are likely to see less content from publishers, brands and celebrities. The post ‘This change will take some time to figure out’: Here’s how Facebook is explaining its feed change to publishers appeared first on... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook shares were down more than 4% early Friday to $180.10 after the social network announced it was making major changes to its signature News Feed. Facebook said it would begin prioritizing posts from users’ friends and families that spark the most interaction over posts from brands and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook said today it will tweak the algorithms that control content in users’ news feeds to show more things that have been shared by friends and family, and less content from advertisers and publishers. The news feed, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, will show less “passive content” that invites... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook just announced that it will make sweeping changes to the News Feed, the primary place where users find content on the social network. Over the next few months, users will see "more from your friends, family and groups" and " less public cont... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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GaffeChinese authorities are punishing a foreign brand -- Marriott International -- by shutting down its China website and app for a week. What happened?Marriott's wording on a customer survey upset the powers that be. In a user survey, the hotel chain "listed Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers that have been briefed by Facebook believe this latest move would be a dramatic step in the direction of reducing publishers’ presence in the news feed. The post ‘We’re losing hope’: Facebook tells publishers big change is coming to News Feed appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Zuckerberg is upending the News Feed, what people see on Facebook every day, in a way that will boost posts from friends, while downplaying messages from brands and media companies, even video posts.The Facebook CEO announced the changes on the social network on Thursday evening, and it... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook began testing a feature aimed at providing a destination for local news, in addition to content that can already be found on News Feed and on publishers' pages. Mobile users in six cities--Billings, Mont.; Binghamton, N.Y.; Little Rock, Ark.; New Orleans; Olympia, Wash.; and Peoria,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers may be pulling away from Facebook in favor of keeping readers on their own sites, but they’re finding favor in Facebook Groups. The post ‘We’re marching in the same direction’: Facebook is emphasizing Groups, and publishers are following suit appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Say goodbye to M, Facebook's experimental virtual assistant. The company is shutting down M's services without even letting it leave the testing phase, where it had operated since 2015. The service once seemed to hold the promise of acting as a digital concierge, helping people book hotels,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers that aren’t paid to make shows for Watch find they can still take advantage of the real estate by posting existing shows there, but at a risk. The post Publishers are treating Facebook Watch like YouTube appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s a trend–or, at least, it’s almost a trend. Sony/ATV is following in the footsteps of Universal Music Group and signing a deal with Facebook to let users soundtrack their videos on Facebook, Instagram, and Oculus with songs from the publisher’s catalog. That means songwriters will get... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's no secret that Facebook is a great way for retailers to target and reach audiences. In a blog post published today, Facebook details just how well holiday campaign ads worked for retailers. Overall, Facebook saw online mobile conversions increase 64 percent across its ad partners on Cyber... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers give Facebook credit for listening to them, but those that are looking for tangible, meaningful benefits say the initiative hasn’t delivered. The post One year in, Facebook Journalism Project gets mixed reviews from publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cheddar, Newsy, The Young Turks and other media outlets want to bundle up with online TV services from Sling, Hulu and YouTube. The post ‘The future of cable’: Looking beyond Facebook, publishers eye streaming TV bundles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's investment in AMP, its fast-loading article pages, has helped the search giant overtake Facebook in publisher referral traffic. The post How Google AMP beat Facebook Instant Articles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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