This Week in Social (Weeks of October 6 and October 13)

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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: Student Discovers Facebook Messenger-Based Payment System, Facebook Expands Mobile Audience Network, Snapchat Confirms Ad Rollout and Private Social Networks Called Into Question.

The week’s news quick hits: Yahoo Prepping for $10 Million Investment in Snapchat, Pinterest Launches Pin Picks Co-Marketing Effort with Media Companies, Facebook Working on Anonymous Sharing App, Facebook Introduces Local Awareness Ad Objective, Facebook Closes on WhatsApp Acquisition, Twitter Files Lawsuit to Publish Transparency Report, Google+ Gets Polls, French Bank Allows Money Transfers Using Tweets, Facebook Supports Stickers in Comments, Twitter Launches Audio Cards and Twitpic Shuts Down After All. 

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This Week in Social (Week of September 8)

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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: 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. 

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Brave Ad World - Episode 94

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Episode 94 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Facebook Evolves Privacy Policy, Facebook Plants Seeds for External Ad Network, Tumblr Hits List of Top 10 U.S. Networks, Google+ Integerates with Google Play Store Reviews and PeopleBrowsr Sues Twitter Over Firehose Access.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Facebook Stocks Jump More than 8%, Google+ VP Calls Out Facebook, Twitter CEO Maintains Promise of Downloadable Tweets and Zynga and Facebook Distance Themselves from Each Other.

As always, find it in the podcast section or subscribe on iTunes. Don't forget to leave a review, contact us on Twitter or send us an email to braveadworld [at] gmail [dot] com.

Brave Ad World - Episode 88

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It's shiny. It's new. It's Episode 88 of the Brave Ad World Podcast, and it's ready for your listening pleasure.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Commerce Evolves, Twitter Acquires Video Service and Tumblr Introduces Photosets.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Judge Rules That Business Can Take Over an Employee’s LinkedIn Account, Facebook Proposes New Sponsored Stories Lawsuit Settlement, Zynga Launches CityVille 2 Amid Slowing Growth and Twitter Opens Office in Korea.

You can find it on iTunes, or visit the podcast section to copy the URL and subscribe through your preferred podcast player. And don't forget to leave a review, contact us on Twitter or send us an email to braveadworld [at] gmail [dot] com.