It’s even worse than I feared. I left Facebook in 2013, less for my own sake than for what my presence on the service was doing to others. I knew that anyone who “liked” my page could have their data harvested in ways they wouldn’t necessarily approve. Over the past five years, people have not... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A federal judge has signed off on a permanent injunction immediately barring Moppet Books from distributing in the U.S. any versions of its KinderGuides series held to be infringing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When white supremacists plan rallies like the one a few days ago in Charlottesville, Virginia, they often organize their events on Facebook, pay for supplies with PayPal, book their lodging with Airbnb and ride with Uber. Tech companies, for their part, have been taking pains to distance... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CEO says Facebook is ‘watching closely’ and will ‘take down threats of physical harm’, joining raft of tech companies purging white nationalists and neo-NazisMark Zuckerberg broke his silence on the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville last weekend, writing in a Facebook post Wednesday... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media ratings giant Nielsen announced today that publishers will now get credit for digital video content aired on Facebook, Hulu and YouTube. "Through capturing this audience, Nielsen is providing publishers, agencies and advertisers with a better p... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Late Wednesday night, Facebook announced the roll-out of its TV-like programming slate for its new vertical called Watch, which will feature original shows from dozens of publishers and companies. NASA, Mashable, MLB and more will produce episodic content for viewers to like, comment and keep up... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new feature, Watch, lets users discover videos from outside their feed more easily, and will also dabble in original contentFacebook has revamped its video offering, creating a new, TV-like rival to YouTube and dabbling in original content in a bid to get people to spend even more time on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook announced Wednesday that it has invented, well, television.The social network finally revealed the details behind a new video hub that it had been developing for months. It has been in talks with publishers and networks to deliver new shows and a revamped video section to host the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is internet shopping like The Truman Show–a movie about a man who thinks himself free, but whose life is actually controlled by a TV producer? Are we online consumers like Truman Burbank, hopelessly and blissfully naive while titanic companies control our fate? Are the prices we pay online a... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers using Facebook Audience Network now have far more control over bidding on their ad placements. Product marketing manager, publisher solutions Amelia Zins introduced CPM Targets (cost per thousand impressions) in a blog post, saying that rather than using price floors to set the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook announced a revamp of the insights it shares with video creators and publishers on reshares of their videos, as well as with the pages doing the resharing. The social network said in a blog post that the changes were made based on feedback from creators, which sought more information on... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More details emerged Thursday on the subscription-based news product announced by Facebook head of news partnerships Campbell Brown earlier this month. Brown said at the Digital Publishing Innovation Summit in New York earlier this month that the social network would begin testing a... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are dusting off Facebook Shop, a tool first rolled out to brands, as they look to develop their affiliate commerce revenues. The post Why publishers are testing an old Facebook tool originally designed for brands appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Credit: Illustration by Tam Nguyen/Ad AgeFacebook's plan to let publishers sell subscriptions on its platform is renewing some of its media partners' optimism about their future together.Campbell Brown, head of news partnerships at Facebook, confirmed at an industry event this week that the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Wednesday introduced a way for publishers to compare the performance of their Instant Articles with that of the mobile web versions of the same content. The social network debuted its interactive, feature-rich, fast-loading Instant Articles in May 2015. Product manager Mona Sarantakos... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The move could help quantify the monetary benefits of Facebook's fast-loading articles format, which publishers have been souring on. The post Facebook is throwing publishers a bone in the form of more performance data on Instant Articles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook introduced its Facebook Journalism Project in January, and Thursday, head of news partnerships Campbell Brown and vice president of product Fidji Simo provided an update of its progress at the six-month mark. Brown and Simo said Facebook has met with 2,600 publishers globally since... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook’s Instant Articles product allows publishers to post news articles that can be read within Facebook rather than on the publisher’s website. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2017-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The next battleground in Facebook's war against fake news is the link previews on shared posts from publishers. Product manager for news Alex Hardiman announced in a blog post that non-publisher pages can no longer overwrite link metadata--such as headlines, descriptions and images--in Graph API... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A paywall is coming to Facebook, much to the delight of publishers. Head of news partnerships Campbell Brown made the announcement at the Digital Publishing Innovation Summit in New York Tuesday, as reported by Leon Lazaroff of TheStreet. Her announcement comes just over one week after several... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has begun implementing a new feature that can prevent fake news from making it on the social network. It has started killing non-publisher Pages' ability to edit the link previews that appear on the website when they post a story, including... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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