Facebook is laying down the law on ads this week with a new mission statement that is meant to clarify how it operates in the marketplace.On Monday, an ad policy manifesto attributed to VP of ad product Rob Goldman appeared on the Facebook blog. It also was reposted on Facebook by executives like Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. "We're publishing the principles that guide our approach to advertising across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger," Sandberg wrote. "We want our platforms to be a place where people connect with the businesses they care about in safe and meaningful ways."So what are these ad principles and why is Facebook focused on delivering them at precisely this moment? Well, as with all things public relations, the corporate speak could use some plain translation. Here's what Facebook is trying to say, and why it's saying so now: Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's Video Insights for Pages is welcoming a new feature Wednesday: Highlighted Shares. The social network said in a Facebook Media blog post that Highlighted Shares will offer publishers more information about how other Facebook pages are sharing their videos. Highlighted Shares will list... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers running ads within Facebook Instant Articles no longer have to resort to HTML to turn those ads on or off. Product manager Hassam Tewfik announced in a Facebook Media blog post that the social network added a monetization tab to Facebook Audience Network, enabling publishers to toggle... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As many as 126 million Americans may have seen divisive Russian-generated ads and posts on Facebook over the last two years, apparently part of a wide-ranging effort by Moscow to influence the 2016 presidential election, the social media company told Congress on Tuesday. “Many of the ads and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Under pressure in advance of hearings on Russian election interference, Facebook is moving to increase transparency for everyone who sees and buys political advertising on its site. Executives for the social media company said Friday they will verify political ad buyers in federal elections,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over half of Liberation's mobile revenue comes from Facebook Instant Articles, which accounts for 10 percent of its mobile pageviews. The post French publisher Liberation now gets half of mobile ad revenue from Facebook Instant Articles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's still testing mid-roll ad breaks with a limited number of publishing partners -- and, yes, the dollars are still low. The post Pivot to pennies: Facebook’s key video ad program isn’t delivering much money to publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Wednesday, ProPublica published a report that outlines some pretty bizarre reasoning behind Facebook's approach to hate speech and censorship. Evidence shows that Facebook has a moderation policy that could favor "white men" over "black children,"... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Wednesday introduced an ad format for its Facebook Audience Network mobile ad network designed specifically for game publishers. The social network said in a blog post that McKinsey projects ad spending by the gaming sector to reach $6.9 billion by 2019, adding that research from game... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Video publishers on Facebook and Instagram now have a new measurement option, as the social network announced that video view metrics for those two platforms will be added to CrowdTangle starting Thursday. Facebook said in a release that publishers will now have another way to track emerging... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brands advertising on Facebook will soon have more control over where their ads appear. The social network is rolling out several tools aimed at providing more transparency before campaigns go live. The latest additions, announced today, will provide advertisers with a list of publishers up... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook released a case study touting the success video-game publisher Activision experienced with a recent advertising campaign for Destiny 2, its upcoming first-person-shooter release. To start, Activision raised awareness of Destiny 2 across both Facebook and Instagram by releasing teaser... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook began testing ads in the related articles section of its Instant Articles in late March, and the results for publishers in the test group promoted the social network to expand the test to all publishers Thursday. Facebook introduced Instant Articles in May 2015 as a way to enable... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There's money to be made with Facebook's mid-roll video ads -- if you have scale. The post ‘It’s going to be a slow burn’: Publishers are starting to see money from Facebook’s mid-roll ads appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is opening up its data for streaming video publishers to target video ads on their sites and in their apps.A&E Networks, ESPN, Hearst Television and Scripps Networks Interactive are testing an automated system that lets marketers find their intended audience using Facebook data such... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adverts contain a list of ten things to look out for when deciding whether a story is genuine. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's ad empire is facing worries including brand safety on the live video it carries and constraints on inventory growth, but it had a strong start to 2017 all the same.The social network said Wednesday that it took in $7.86 billion in ad revenue in the first quarter, a 51% jump from the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One theme of this year's NewFronts: publishers pitching themselves as the "brand-safe" alternatives to YouTube and Facebook. The post NewFronts publishers see an opening with recent YouTube, Facebook ad crises appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s world came to a sudden halt when her husband, Dave Goldberg, died suddenly, at age 47, during a spring 2015 trip to Mexico. In the months that followed, the self-assured author of Lean In found herself lost in grief, adrift from the life she and Goldberg had... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In an Adweek magazine feature story this week about Facebook's and Google's metrics issues, Treasure Data CMO Kiyoto Tamura offered what seemed like a novel idea. What if Twitter, Snapchat and Pinterest worked together--perhaps with either the Advertising Research Foundation or the Interactive... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is adding email and page like call-to-action units to its Instant Articles format for publishers, and the social network is testing CTA units for free trials and mobile application installations. Product manager Josh Roberts introduced the calls to action in a Facebook Media blog post,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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