Facebook Watch Suffers the Scroll

When Facebook this year named its YouTube-style video destination Watch, it was like a command for viewers to stop scrolling so fast and just ... watch.Watch basketball's Ball family, watch reality dating shows, watch people travel and cook. Many of the shows came from top publishers like Business Insider, Hearst, The Atlantic and Time Inc., all striving for commercial viability in digital video.But people have not tuned in to the Watch hub as expected, with the "vast majority" of video views still coming from the News Feed, publishers say. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2017-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Axel Springer’s media assets to be split off in €13.5bn KKR deal

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OpenAI will reportedly pay $250 million to put News Corp's journalism in ChatGPT

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OpenAI and Wall Street Journal owner News Corp sign content deal

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Spotify Is Ready to Compete for Video Advertising

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Lit Hub Daily: April 18, 2024

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Irish-language list Futa Fata reaps reward of the resurgence of Gaeilge

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