Facebook, New York Times Execs Get Into Heated Debate Over Ad Policy

Campbell Brown, head of global news partnerships at Facebook, said publishers have "welcomed" the company's approach to including them in their political ads policy. Mark Thompson, CEO of The New York Times, called bullshit. Brown and Thompson were discussing the findings in the 2018 Reuters Institute Digital News Report during an event at Columbia Journalism... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exposing Yourself As a First-Time Author

Jay Keefe wrote a memoir about recovering from alcoholism and realizes, upon publication, that it a huge personal risk it was, albeit one with rewards. The post Exposing Yourself As a First-Time Author appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sign of the times: how Show Me a Hero captures our political mood

Despite being set in the 1980s, David Simon’s new show seems spookily topical. It’s not the only TV series that has turned up in the right place at the right time...David Simon’s new series Show Me a Hero provides everything you might expect from a TV-maker with The Wire, Homicide: Life on the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On ad pricing, Condé Nast bows to the reality of digital

Like all traditional publishers, Condé Nast has had to adapt its brands as readers and advertisers shift their habits and spending to digital platforms. The changes haven’t gone unnoticed by ad buyers. They applauded Condé Nast’s greater flexibility, manifest in its native ad platform 23 Stories... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook ramps up video piracy fighting technology

Think of video piracy, and talk of BitTorrent probably isn’t far away. While torrented movies and TV shows account for a large proportion of pirated material, it is far from being the end of the story. Even sites as seemingly innocuous as Facebook can be part of the problem. The social network... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2015-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is trying to make it easier to stop video piracy

From user-made clips to content from big media properties, video is all over Facebook (and more people than ever are using the social network). Along with that trend comes the problem of piracy: plenty of video publishers are seeing their work dist... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook to crack down on pirated videos

Facebook is improving its technology to better identify videos uploaded to its site without the permission of copyright holders. The move comes amid an explosion in the amount of video viewed on Facebook, posted by regular users, publishers and advertisers alike.  Alongside the uptick in video... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed partners with GroupM, world's largest buyer of online ads

BuzzFeed, the fast-growing media site, and GroupM, the world's largest buyer of online advertising, announced a partnership Thursday that underscores the rising lure of digital publishing to leading brands. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MediaMath Appoints Execs, Board Members as It Considers Next Steps

Hires this year by MediaMath, one of the few large independent ad tech companies that hasn't gone public or sold, suggest that it's gearing up for change, beit an initial public offering or more aggressive growth as a still-private player.Most recently, Rich Schmaeling joined MediaMath this... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AWP Exec Director Defends Kate Gale

After taking down a column that ignited a new round of controversy regarding the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Red Hen Press' Kate Gale issued an apology while AWP says it stands behind her. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is now working on its own digital assistant called M

Sounding like a character from a James Bond movie, M is Facebook's personal digital assistant. Ready to compete with the likes of Cortana, M will live inside Facebook Messenger and take artificial intelligence a step further. Rather than just helping you to find information or create calendar... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Vox Media slashed its webpage load time in half

The sharp rise in mobile readership has forced publishers to ask themselves hard questions about their site performance. Joining the likes of GQ and The Washington Post, Vox Media has taken a hard look at its page load time, cutting it in half to an average of 11.5 seconds. Vox did this by... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Launches M, Its Bold Answer to Siri and Cortana

Facebook’s new virtual assistant, M, can make restaurant reservations, buy a birthday present for your spouse, or book a weekend getaway. The post Facebook Launches M, Its Bold Answer to Siri and Cortana appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to Survive the Cruel Times: Life Lessons from Bestselling Rabbi Harold Kushner

In Kushner's 12th book, 'Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life,' he offers reasons to come back to religion for those who have walked away. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mobile Readers Abound; the Ads, Not So Much

Traditional and online publishers are struggling to cash in on their surging mobile traffic, raising questions about their future growth as consumers increasingly turn to smartphones and tablets for media. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spotify's new privacy policy shouldn't freak you out

The internet is awash with reports that Spotify, the music streaming service, is adopting The Big Book of Dystopian Futures as its new corporate policy. The furor is over the company's updated privacy policy, which includes new statements about wha... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AMC debuts first 3 minutes of 'Fear the Walking Dead' on Facebook

In anticipation of Sunday's debut of "Fear the Walking Dead," AMC released the first three minutes of the pilot on the show's Facebook page. Serving as a companion series to the most-watched show in cable television history, "The Walking Dead," the new series opens with an unsettling look at one... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter Gives Promoted Tweets and Video Ads More Mobile Reach

In November 2014, then Twitter CEO Dick Costolo touted the idea that around 500 million people consume the microblogging platform's tweets even though they don't have an account on it. During an earnings call at the time, Costolo was trying to explain why the company's persistent user-growth... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Times' Exposé of Amazon Workplace Draws Gov't Attention

This weekend's damning 'New York Times' article painting Amazon as a "bruising workplace" continues to draw attention, this time from the government. According to the AP, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi has assured the public that the company will be complying with various labor standards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kik raises $50 million from China's Tencent to battle Facebook, hire in L.A.

Kik, a chat app that claims 40% of U.S. teenagers as users, announced a $50-million investment Tuesday from Chinese tech company Tencent that values the start-up at $1 billion. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Soup’s On, For a Cause: Big Time Authors Unite for Syrian Refugee Food Relief

Anthony Bourdain, Alice Waters, Mark Bittman, and Yotam Ottolenghi are among the cookbook authors who contributed recipes to 'Soup for Syria: Recipes to Celebrate Our Shared Humanity.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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