Episode 353

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This week’s headlines: TikTok Surpasses One Billion Downloads

The week’s news quick hits: Pinterest and YouTube Go After Anti-Vaccination Propaganda, Instagram May Soon Enable Public Collections, Foursquare Launches New Offline Attribution Offering, Snapchat Android App Coming in 2019, Time Warner Acquisition Gets Closer to Reality, Facebook’s Clear History Feature Confirmed for 2019, LinkedIn Adds Raise Insight to LinkedIn Jobs, Facebook Woos TV Ad Buyers to Watch with Showcase and YouTube Disables Comments on Videos with Minors.

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Episode 333

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Host: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert)

This week’s headlines: Google Tracks Location Even if Location Services are Off, Facebook Removes Targeting Options, Facebook Removes Security App from App Store and Facebook Assigns User Reputation Scores.

The week’s news quick hits: Amazon Adds Video Ads to Search Results, Facebook Lets Direct Response Advertisers Turn Static Visuals into Videos, Google Launches Political Ad Library, Amazon May Buy Theater Chain, Netflix Tests Ads, Twitch Prime Sunsetting Ad-Free Viewing, Facebook Removes Accounts Linked to Misinformation, Report Shows Android Operating System Sending Information to Google 14 Times Per Hour and Google Removes Iran-Linked YouTube Channels.

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You can contact Brave Ad World at BraveAdWorld [at] gmail.com, or connect with Taylor on Twitter @twiegert.

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Episode 247

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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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Episode 241

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Ads API, Microsoft Acquires LinkedIn, Apple Announces New Operating System Features at WWDC, Facebook Launches Updates for Local Awareness Ads, YouTube Gives New Tools for Businesses to Make Videos, Facebook Launches Creative Hub and Snapchat and Oracle Partner in Measurement Deal.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Introduces Direct Response CTAs, Android Users Can Now Send SMS Using Facebook Messenger, Pinterest Introduces Ad Retargeting, Twitter Allows for Targeting by Emoji, Twitter Gets Dedicated Periscope Button, Twitter Invests in SoundCloud, Facebook Expands Suicide-Prevention Tools, Meerkat Launches New App, Imgur Allows for Video Advertising, Snapchat Launching Its Own Online Magazine and Facebook Messenger Gets Reorganized. 

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Episode 225

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This week’s headlines: Users Protest for Algorithmic Feed on Twitter, Twitter Launches First View Ads, Twitter Reports Disappointing Earnings, Facebook to Start Automatically Captioning Videos and Instagram to Start Reporting Video View Counts.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Suspends Suspected Extremist Accounts, Instagram Account Switching Rolls Out, Google Launches AMP, Viacom Makes Deal to Sell Snapchat Advertising, Vine Lets Users Edit Posts, Twitter Starts Trust & Safety Council and Facebook Messenger SMS and Multi-Account Support Comes to Android. 

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Episode 199

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This week’s headlines: GIFs Come to Facebook, Pew Research Finds Facebook is Primary Political News Source for Millennials, Instagram Adding CTA Buttons to Ads and Pinterest Launching Buyable Pins.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Sets Up Encryption for Notification Emails, Foursquare Users Soon Able to Order Rides from Uber, Facebook Working on Tool to Help Community Managers Respond, SoundHound Launches Hound Personal Assistant App, Ello Launches ‘Love’ Button, Swarm Allows Users to Message Friends of Friends and Facebook Launches Facebook Lite.

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Episode 198

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This week’s headlines: Google Now Displaying Tweets in Search Results, Twitter Launches Objective-Based Campaigns for All, YouTube Adds Buy Button to Videos and Instagram Looks to Engage Users with Highlight Emails.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Wants Games on Messenger, Reddit Unveils Harassment Policy, YouTube Kids App Serving Questionable Content, LinkedIn Provides Deeper Content Analytics, Spotify Launches New Multimedia Features, Facebook Acquires Tugboat Yards, Facebook Messenger Reminds You Who Senders Are, Periscope Comes to Android, Twitter Makes Amplify Easier for Advertisers and Google Holds Developer Conference.

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Episode 194

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This week’s headlines: Twitter Allows Anyone to Send Direct Messages to Anyone Else, Facebook News Feed Algorithm Gives Weight to Posts from Friends, Facebook Reports Q1 Earnings, Facebook Continues Focus on Video with Launch of Anthology and Twitter Rolls Out Highlights.

The week’s news quick hits: WhatsApp has 800 Million Monthly Active Users, Google Emphasizes Mobile Friendly Sites in Search Results, Google Allows Users to Download Search History, Twitter Improves Abuse-Fighting Tools and Policies, Facebook Launches Caller ID Tool Called Hello and Google Reports Q1 2015 Earnings.

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Updates Graph Search and Brings It to Mobile, Twitter Allows Ad Targeting for App Installs, Facebook Rolls Out New Tools for Brands and Publishers and Instagram Reaches 300 Million Users.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube Warns Users of Copywritten Material, Tumblr Launches Discovery Dashboard, Google Updates Hangouts App, YouTube Offers Contracts for Content, LinkedIn Updates Its Homepage and Vine Adds Double-Tap to Like.

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This week’s headlines: Omnicom Strkes Ad Deal with Instagram, Facebook Launches Brand Page Redesign and Facebook Unrolls Video Ads.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Bringing Back f8 Developer Conference, Amazon Negotiation with Record Labels for Music-Streaming Service, Instagram Unrolls Android App Update and Twitter's Connect Tab Renamed to Notifications.

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