Would you rather get your news directly from publishers or from your Facebook friends?If you've been feeling like Facebook is clogging up your News Feed with too many dispiriting news stories and not enough cute baby pictures, this one's for you: The social network is tweaking its algorithm yet again, much to the dismay of publishers. After receiving user feedback that people were missing updates from friends and family, Facebook is pushing those types of posts—be it links, photos, or videos—to the top of your News Feed. It's an expansion of a similar change the social network made last year.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
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Facebook is extending its Instant Articles initiative to Android smartphone users in India, about six months after its US debut, reports Mint. Prior to this, the initiative was limited to iOS users in US and Western Europe. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is already dominating peoples’ phone time, and now it wants a crack at your lock screen, too. The social network rolled out a new app called “Notify” on Wednesday specifically to send you mobile notifications fr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is experimenting with new advertising approaches for its Instant Articles platform after publishers encountered challenges generating ad revenue because of restrictions imposed by the social network. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's Notify is here. Think Apple News + Twitter = Facebook Notify. The news-centric stand alone app lets users receive news alerts on their lock screens from a menu of topics and publishers. Facebook says this is supplemental to its News Feed because people want multiple ways to get... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook wants to become a one-stop shop for breaking news while giving media brands more mobile channels to reach viewers. The social media giant today launched Notify, an app curating push notifications from dozens of publishers and other media sources all into one place: your iPhone's lock... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot religion reading from across the web: seven books selected in honor of Jewish Book Month; 'The Office' star Rainn Wilson's new memoir on faith; a Christian man who claims he was fired for publishing a book about his beliefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While Facebook makes headlines for cooking up new initiatives with publishers, the actual traffic it’s sending those publishers has fallen sharply. Referral traffic (desktop + mobile) to the top 30 Facebook publishers (as defined by ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When it comes to competing for digital ad dollars, it's hard for publishers to beat the ad-targeting prowess of Facebook and Google. E-commerce company Skimlinks is trying to level the playing field by selling audience buying behavior data that it collects from its publisher clients. Among the... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AIM Media Indiana, LLC announced today that is has acquired the print and online newspaper publishing assets and the commercial printing assets from Home News Enterprises, LLC (“HNE”) of Columbus, Indiana, according to John ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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U.S. librarians head to this year’s Guadalajara International Book Fair, PRH Grupo Editorial starts a new Spanish-language imprint, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actress Leah Remini's take on why she left Scientology, and Sister Joan Chittister's discussion of her life's work of speaking up for women are among the religion news items being talked about today. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Internet giant says funding will have ‘no strings attached’, with larger grants needing approval from a council including the Telegraph’s Murdoch MacLennanGoogle has launched its €150m (£109m) fund for European publishers to tap to develop new digital news projects, with large-scale grants... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple's News app is now available for UK iPhone and iPad owners in the UK, acting as a personalised newsfeed agregator for digital media. The Telegraph, Financial Times and Condé Nast are among the UK launch partner publishers f ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google has launched its €150m (£109m) fund for European publishers to tap to develop new digital news projects, with large-scale grants needing approval from a council includingTelegraph chief Murdoch MacLennan. Google ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is moving into YouTube’s turf, and that could be good for video publishers. Facebook announced earlier this week that it’s testing a new video section on its mobile app, which would ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are in danger of becoming dumb content in the smart pipes of platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The quest for smoother user experience seems to pose actually visiting a publisher’s site as friction. With content consumption bei ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The search giant’s attempt to compete with Facebook Instant Articles and Apple News is drastic – but should be welcomedIn the world of sci-fi, some genius inventor type comes up with a device which immediately disables all guns, missiles, torpedoes, everything. At the flick of a switch, the rate... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post are among the publications putting their weight behind Blendle, a Dutch platform that offers individual articles in exchange for micropayments. All three media brands hav ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The LION Summit for local independent online news publishers took place in Chicago on Friday and Saturday. In two days of panels, there was plenty of focus on ad-selling strategies and other revenue-generating ideas, but one thing was large ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Traditional publishers, tired of competing with Facebook and Google for digital ad dollars, are taking steps to get more personal with their advertising. Among the big topics discussed during Advertising Week was how media companies like News Corp and Condé Nast are getting into the ad tech... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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