This Week in Social and Digital (Week of April 24)

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: Google Gets Into Programmatic TV, Snapchat Continues to Make Ad Buying Easier with Geofilters, Facebook and Google Continue Push Against Fake News and Twitter Shows It Can Grow Its Users.

The week’s news quick hits: Pinterest Like Button Being Phased Out, LinkedIn Launches Matched Audiences Ad Retargeting Capabilities, LinkedIn Hits Half a Billion Users, Twitch Gives Creators More Ways to Monetize Content, Twitter Planning to Go Live 24/7 in the Future, Facebook Improves Pixel Tracking and Alphabet Reports Strong Earnings.

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Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 269

It's that time of week, again! The latest episode of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Twitter Cutting Back on Products Offered, Facebook Working to Secure Music Deals and Facebook Moves Deeper into Video.

The week’s news quick hits: Musical.ly Makers Launching Messaging App, Google Maps Gets Sharable Destination Lists, Facebook Secures Soccer Streaming Deal with Univision, Twitter Tests Top Videos for You and Twitter Tests Putting Abusive Users in Timeout.

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Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 254

Episode 254 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Facebook Messenger Testing Conversation Prompts, Snapchat Wants to Stop Revenue Split with Publishers and Facebook Adds More Commerce to Pages.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Lets Users Set Initial View on 360 Photos, Messenger Day Continues Testing in Australia, Lobbies for Facebook Live Being Unrolled and Instagram Stories Now on Explore. 

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