One of the problems with Facebook -- and the internet in general -- is that it has been incredibly democratizing in terms of who is able to publish news and other messages online. Democratization of anything is usually perceived as a good thing, but as the genuine problem of "fake news" (i.e. not the notion peddled by Trump that anything presenting an opposing idea is fundamentally untrue) demonstrates, it can also be a bad thing. To help with this, Facebook is testing a feature that helps to add context to stories and links that appear in your newsfeed. See also:… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'
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Chipping Norton Literary Festival is to split its profits with authors in lieu of paying... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Monitor contributor Danny Heitman enjoys reading a children's book series about a wealthy elephant named Uncle to his son. What's surprising about that? His son is a teenager. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher, which has seen its Facebook traffic grow more than 500 percent in the past year, shares the secrets to its success. The post How Hearst learned to play with emotions to drive Facebook traffic game appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Inc. bought video advertising company LiveRail to help it target and distribute video ads, AdWeek reported. TechCrunch pegged the price tag between $400 million and $500 million, although the companies haven’t disclosed the terms. LiveRail, based in San Francisco, has created a... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is buying video ad platform LiveRail and giving it control of a network that powers advertising for high-profile publishers—online and on mobile. LiveRail delivers video ads to websites and apps for Major League Baseball, ABC, A+E Networks and Dailymotion. "LiveRail also helps... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's video ad business just got a lot bigger.Months after rolling out the first video-specific ad product on the social network, Facebook has agreed to acquire LiveRail, one of the biggest video ad sellers. A Facebook spokesman declined to comment on the deal's price.LiveRail automates the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ITV is making a six episode drama series inspired by Julie Summer’s book, Jambusters: The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook’s most recently published study is not unique. This is a call to action. We should work together to demand that companies promise not to make us involuntary accomplices in corporate activities that compromise other people’s autonomy and trust. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hoping to appeal to different audiences, Berkley intends to release one of its major summer releases, "Virgin" by Radhika Sanghani, with two covers and two ISBNs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook and two outside social scientists recently published a scientific paper in which they revealed that they had manipulated users’ news feeds to tweak their emotions. Since then, there has been a growing debate over the ethics and practice of Facebook experimenting on its users, as... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Protests over secret study involving 689,000 users in which friends' postings were moved to influence moodsIt already knows whether you are single or dating, the first school you went to and whether you like or loathe Justin Bieber. But now Facebook, the world's biggest social networking site,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Facebook researcher apologized after conducting an experiment that temporarily influenced what almost 700,000 readers saw on their news feeds, reviving some customers' concerns about privacy issues.The number of positive and negative comments that users saw on their feeds of articles and... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you use Facebook and found yourself momentarily feeling either better or worse in early 2012, an algorithm may have caused your shift in mood. And that's what has some social media users upset today. A controversial research study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital chief on rethinking the rules of journalism, shaking off the magazine group tag, and developing innovationM Scott Havens, senior vice president of digital at newly independent Time Inc is not a man to pussyfoot around journalistic conventions. We have to rethink the old church and state... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has gotten plenty of flack for its privacy practices, but here’s a new way to distrust the social media service: It may be playing with your emotions. As reported by The A.V. Club, in January 2012, Facebook adjusted its newsfeed algorithm for several hundred thousand users to see how... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At least one local newspaper publisher piloting a digital content-sharing program with The Washington Post has seen a deluge of interest from subscribers after less than a week. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that 7,000 of its subscribers sig ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oculus VR has accused game publisher ZeniMax Media of attempting to cash in on Facebook’s pending acquisition of the wearable virtual reality technology company.In a court filing challenging ZeniMax’s ownership claims in its virtual reality technology, Oculus also cited mail from a former... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Its library of more than 500,000 titles is now available on all Android devices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British spies are authorized to spy on British citizens’ Internet communications transiting through servers outside the U.K., a civil rights group has discovered.Privacy International uncovered the information as part of a lawsuit it filed against the U.K. government over its alleged involvement... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, we’re reading about Manhattan standby Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks, and new cookbooks from Arcadia Books, Flying Dog Brewery, and Amar'e Stoudemmire. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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