Portals are Coming for Our Video

April 03, 2019 by Taylor Wiegert in Video

We seem to be entering a new era of online video content consumption. Last week, Apple announced an overhaul to its Apple TV app. The service will be available across multiple platforms, not just Apple devices, and users will be able to integrate multiple services (or as Apple refers to them as “channels”) into this single app. Apple TV will become a one-stop shop for all of the content services users subscribe to (except for a few holdouts like Netflix). In addition, it will have some exclusive content of its own from the likes of Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Anniston, Steve Carrell and others.

Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 357

April 01, 2019 by Taylor Wiegert

Episode 357 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: YouTube Steps Away from High-End Productions and Apple Continues Push into Services.

The week’s news quick hits: Pinterest is Going Public, Google Launches Local Experiments Project, Facebook Bans White Nationalism Content and Google Launches AMP for Email.

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Brave Ad Podcast - Episode 356

March 25, 2019 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 356 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Facebook’s Journalism Project Shares Research to Tackle News Deserts, Google Announces Chrome-Powered Gaming Platform Stadia and Instagram Testing In-App Shopping and Buying.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Announcing New Gaming Platform, Advertisers Seek Refunds Following Facebook Outage, Facebook Works to Limit Discrimination in Ad Targeting, LinkedIn Updates Targeting Tools, Snapchat Pays Some Creators, Some Facebook Passwords Stored in Readable Format and Comcast Launching Streaming Service for Internet Subscribers.

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This Week in Social and Digital (Week of March 18)

March 24, 2019 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

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.

Preparing for a "Privacy-Focused" Social Network

March 19, 2019 by Taylor Wiegert in Facebook

2019’s been quite a year for Facebook up until this point, and much of that has been driven by Facebook’s plans around messaging.