This Week in Social is a weekly digest of some of the biggest stories in social media marketing news. These stories are the show notes for the Brave Ad World Podcast. Each story is discussed at a deeper level on the podcast.

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Ads API, Microsoft Acquires LinkedIn, Apple Announces New Operating System Features at WWDC, Facebook Launches Updates for Local Awareness Ads, YouTube Gives New Tools for Businesses to Make Videos, Facebook Launches Creative Hub and Snapchat and Oracle Partner in Measurement Deal.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Introduces Direct Response CTAs, Android Users Can Now Send SMS Using Facebook Messenger, Pinterest Introduces Ad Retargeting, Twitter Allows for Targeting by Emoji, Twitter Gets Dedicated Periscope Button, Twitter Invests in SoundCloud, Facebook Expands Suicide-Prevention Tools, Meerkat Launches New App, Imgur Allows for Video Advertising, Snapchat Launching Its Own Online Magazine and Facebook Messenger Gets Reorganized.

This week’s headlines: Zuckerberg Says More Effort to be Put Behind Internet.org, Facebook Brings Changes to Videos and Opens Up Video Ads, Twitter Launches Buy Button, Apple Introduces New Hardware and Facebook Cuts Down on Ads Users Don't Like.

The week’s news quick hits: Spotify Video Ads Coming in Q4, Slingshot Removes Reply-to-Unlock Option, Yelp Lawsuit Dismissed, Leaderboards Come to Swarm, Snapchat Settles Lawsuit with Co-Founder and Facebook Tests Scheduled Post Deletion.