Why Facebook's Audience Network Looks Like a Billion-Dollar Advertising Machine

Facebook is pulling back the curtain just enough to tout how much money it's making for publishers. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company today said its mobile-focused Facebook Audience Network (FAN) had a $1 billion annual run rate during the fourth quarter for advertising spend, with "the bulk" of that money going to publishers.  Run rates extrapolate current results over a period of time to predict financial returns. In other words, FAN—which allows advertisers to buy data-targeted ads across various apps—apparently saw at least $250 million run through its system in the fourth quarter of 2015. If Q4 is any indication, the network is growing into a billion-dollar advertising machine while running promos on third-party apps for publishers such as Daily Mail and The Huffington Post.  At the same time, it's tough to tell exactly how rapidly FAN, which became widely available to marketers in late 2014, is growing since the company wouldn't disclose the run rate for any other quarters last year. However, it said the number of apps joining the mobile ad network increased tenfold year-over-year. Apps running on FAN now account for 6 percent of all time spent in mobile apps, according to Facebook. "Over the past two years, a growing number of mobile app publishers have found success—better returns and more relevant advertising—through Facebook's Audience Network and the people-based marketing approach that powers it," Alvin Bowles, Facebook's head of global publisher sales... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

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At Frankfurter Buchmesse this year: a trade fair supportive of free expression, diversity, and those who interpret these concepts for us. The post Frankfurt 2022: Translation, Live Audiences, Inclusivity appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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HC Sales Topped $2 Billion in Fiscal 2022

Sales rose 10% at HarperCollins, to $2.19 billion, in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, but higher costs limited the increase in profits to 1%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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How TikTok Became a Best Seller Machine

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Roku opens up more advertising data for marketing mix modeling to better compete with traditional TV

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