Brave Ad World - Episode 261

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The last episode of the Brave Ad World for 2016 is here, and it is full of news.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Reports More Measurement Discrepancies, Instagram Live Becomes Available to All Users, Snapchat Adds Four New Features, Twitter Adds Periscope Streaming to Core App, Facebook Launching Massive Update to Messenger’s Camera and Facebook Launches Effort to Fight Fake News.

The week’s news quick hits: A Slimmed Down Moments App Comes to Desktop, Facebook Launches Live 360 Videos, Snapchat Inks Slew of New Discover Deals, Flipboard Launches Promoted Roundup Editorial Ad Unit, Facebook Events App Available for Android, Instagram Launches Post Saving Feature, Instagram Reaches 600 Million Users, Facebook Testing Suggestions for M Virtual Assistant, Facebook Notifying Pages to Remove Snapcodes as Page Profile Pictures, Twitch Launches IRL Content Category, Yahoo Hit by Second Security Breach Affecting 1 Billion Users and Amazon Unbundles Prime Video. 

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Talk to you next year!

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This Week in Social and Digital (Week of October 10)

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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 Stories Playlists and Alters Discover’s Prominence, Pinterest Launches Retargeting Options, Facebook Updates Instant Article Advertising Options and Periscope Launches Periscope Producer.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Workplace Launches, Flipboard Launches Storyboard Ad Unit, LinkedIn Gives Users More Control Over Their Feeds, Facebook Testing Ads in Groups, Vine Adds Soundboard Feature and Pinterest Reaches 150 Million Users. 

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Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 243

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Today, we celebrate our Independence Day (in the U.S.A.), but we also get the latest in digital and social media marketing news with Episode 243 of the Brave Ad World Podcast. There's so much to discuss!

This week’s headlines: Facebook Events are Getting Human Curation, Twitter Launches Stickers, LinkedIn Launches Programmatic Buying, Pinterest Adds New Shopping Bag Feature for Online Transactions and Facebook’s News Feed Algorithm Gets Another Update.

The week’s news quick hits: Foursquare Location Data Integrating into Twitter, Facebook Testing New Page Layout, Facebook Launches New Slideshow Feature, Facebook Launches New Share and Save Chrome Buttons, Twitter Launches Dashboard App for Small Businesses, Twitter Hires VR Director, Facebook Audience Network Advertisers Can Now Block Ads from Running on Certain Sites, Facebook Rolls Out Fundraising Button for Users and Facebook Gives More Updates on Chatbots. 

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Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 207

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Episode 207 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here, and boy, do we have a show for you!

This week’s headlines: Google Introduces Parent Company Alphabet, Twitter Removes Character Limit from Direct Messages, Facebook Testing News App and Twitter Launches Twitter Audience Platform.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter and the NFL Extend Partnership, Facebook Brings More Features to Audience Network, Twitter Makes Full Archive Search API Available, Periscope Hits 10 Million User Mark, Facebook Providing Cover Photo Options for Events, Foursquare Reveals Updated User Numbers and LinkedIn Launches LookUp. 

Check it out, and let us know what you think! You can get this episode and many others in the podcast section, and be sure to subscribe via iTunes.

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