Episode 247

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog)

This week’s headlines: Verizon Acquires Yahoo, Reddit Shares Plans to Go Mass and New Ad Offering, Twitter Disappoints in Q2 Earnings, Tumblr to Run Ads on all Blogs, Video Propels Facebook Into Dominant Q2 and Alphabet Reports Excellent Earnings Despite Facebook.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Quick Updates, Attribution Powered by Foursquare Gets Real-Time Dashboard, Instagram Testing Tools for Celebrities to Combat Trolls, Pinterest Hires New Head of Measurement, LinkedIn Acquires PointDrive, Facebook Updates Custom Audiences for Time Spent on Site, Facebook Testing New Video Features, Facebook Launches Birthday Recap Videos and Twitter Stickers Available to All.

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