Snapchat is welcoming outside developers, but doesn't want to make the same mistakes as Facebook

Snapchat is opening up to outside developers and apps for the first time in a bid to boost user growth with new features and collaborations. In doing so, the video messaging app is following the footsteps of its rival Facebook, which first welcomed outside developers in 2007. That helped jump-start... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Publishers adopt Facebook Live, but struggle with monetization and discovery

Since Facebook introduced live video in January, publisher adoption is climbing. But questions remain about how to make the best use of the feature and how much to invest in a feature whose ability to monetize is still limited. That's why, for now, many see live as an audience-building exercise.... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Is Bringing Its Ad Network to Apple TV and Roku

Facebook is bringing its ad network to Apple TV and beyond.The social network is feeling for new advertising ground in Apple TV and Roku by delivering ads to apps on those streaming video platforms, according to people familiar with the plans.The test represents an expansion of Facebook Audience... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat is raiding top competitors for talent, and charging top dollar for ads

Snapchat is on a hiring spree as it prepares for an IPO, raiding everyone from Google and Facebook to old media for talent. Snapchat is also trying hard to woo advertisers. It’s hiring ad sales talent, launched an API and integrated third-party measurement firms. Meanwhile, publishers are... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N Is Leaving the Bronx. Locals Are Trying, Again, to Make Chain Stay.

Barnes & Noble announced for the second time in two years that it will close its Bronx location. But local officials have gotten the chain, which provides the borough's only bookstore, to commit to reopening a store in the community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ghouls on film: the making of a prank video

Literary agent Peter Cox on the story behind a spooky Halloween video for Michelle Paver's Thin Air. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Creative Industries Federation makes its Brexit recommendations

Reform of the migration system to enable easy access to critical skills and talent from both EU and non–EU countries is a key recommendation of a new report on Brexit from the Creative Industries Federation. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘It’s all powerful and it knows it’: Publishers reveal their biggest challenges with Facebook

Facebook is all powerful and it knows it. Publishers have little choice but to play by its rules. At Digiday’s Publishing Summit in Nice we asked publishers what their biggest challenge with Facebook was: unclear metrics, murky routes to monetization and unpredictable priorities were among... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How one Kiwi author is making $200,000 a year publishing romance novels online

She's a USA Today bestselling author who sells up to 300 books a day and has droves of fans in America – but you won't find Kiwi Leeanna Morgan's name in New Zealand's literary annals. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti talks Facebook Live and Ivanka Trump

Whether it’s through building a food-porn empire or extending its breaking-news content internationally, BuzzFeed has ambitious global expansion plans. This week, founder Jonah Peretti was promoting the company in Japan, which he claims is BuzzFeed’s fastest growing international market. Digiday... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Making Content Marketing Work For You

POP's Joe McCambley on what publishers large and small are missing. The post Making Content Marketing Work For You appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NAIBA 2016: Children's Authors, Editors, Young Booksellers Make for an Energetic Show

Booksellers and publishers alike were inspired by the number of younger booksellers who attended the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association fall conference. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scripps Explores Pinterest's Snapchat Rival

Pinterest plans to launch its Explore section with a fitting publisher, Scripps Networks Interactive -- the owner of Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel, according to people familiar with the media partnership.Pinterest also could bring Tastemade into the fold, one of the people said.Explore... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Encourages More Live Broadcasts With New Ad Campaign

Facebook will be promoting Live through television ads, billboards, and even buses. Facebook will be promoting Live through television ads, billboards, and even buses.Since the launch of Facebook Live last April, there have been broadcasts shot on all seven continents and... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook-thirsty publishers turn to celebrities to worm into the news feed

Years ago, brands like Viral Nova, Distractify and Diply rode the power of Facebook influencer traffic to relevance with advertisers. Today, hundreds of publishers have dipped their toes in the water, and companies like The Social Edge drive well over 100 million pageviews every month for them.... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's verified users can now schedule live broadcasts

You no longer have to wait patiently for your favorite superstars to share a link for their Facebook Live streams. Facebook is introducing scheduling to Live, letting publishers queue up streams so that you can tune in the moment the event starts. Th... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How The Sun uses Facebook to build audience, since dropping its paywall

The Sun has been aggressively scaling its audience since it dropped its paywall last November. And coming from a place of zero search equity, Facebook has been the platform that's helped the publisher scale its audience fast. And it has clearly worked: The Sun has 20 million monthly visitors,... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bleacher Report to broadcast live sports using Facebook Live

Bleacher Report is wading into live sports by broadcasting three top high-school football games on Facebook Live this fall. It’s a big production for the Turner-owned publisher, which will have 20 to 25 crew members involved in the production. While not the first publisher to stream a full game... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ACLU: Police use Twitter, Facebook data to track protesters

According to an ACLU blog post published on Tuesday, law enforcement officials implemented a far-reaching surveillance program to track protesters in both Ferguson, MO and Baltimore, MD during their recent uprisings and relied on special feeds of use... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Facebook turns fickle, publishers focus again on search

Don’t count out the power of the “What time does the Super Bowl” and other SEO tricks just yet. Facebook may have been all the rage these past few years, but now there's a renewed focus by publishers on Google search. Facebook has turned out to be a fickle partner, and Google's own shifting... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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