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

This week’s headlines: Facebook Sees Engagement Uptick, Snap Gets Its Groove Back and Facebook Rolls On in Earnings While FTC Fine Gets Put in Place.

The week’s news quick hits: FTC and Google Reach Settlement for Children’s Privacy Violations, Google Closes Incognito Mode Tracking Loophole, Justice Department Announces Broad Plans to Investigate Internet Company Market Power, Pinterest Expands Advertiser Tools with Beta Program, Alexa Ads Get More Detail, YouTube Masthead Can Be Bought on CPM Basis, AWS Shows Signs of Slowdown, Alphabet Earns Back Trust from Investors, Facebook Migrates Instant Games to Games Tab and Twitter has Strong Earnings Report.

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Episode 359

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This week’s headlines: eMarketer Predicts Decline in US Snapchat Users

The week’s news quick hits: U.K. Joining Other Countries in Plans for Tech Regulation, Amazon Signs Agreement to Let Users Access Health Info by Voice, Amazon Working on Alexa-Powered Earbuds, Pinterest Lowers IPO Share Price, Apple Music Surpasses Spotify in Subscribers, Twitter Limits Users to 400 Follows Per Day, YouTube Develops Unit for Interactive Programming, Facebook Using AI to Determine if Users Have Died, Facebook Updates News Feed Algorithm to Filter Out Bad Content, Facebook Launches New Inventory Filter, iTunes to be Broken Up into Separate Apps, Uber Files to Go Public and Disney Releases Details on Disney+.

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This week’s headlines: Apple’s Magazine Subscription Service Terms Makes Publishers Wary and Facebook and Snapchat Court Publishers for Video Content.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Acquires Grokstyle, LinkedIn Launches Live Streaming, Amazon Acquires Eero, Instagram Testing Messaging Spinoff, Reddit Updates Conversion Pixel and Launches App-Install Ads, Twitter and Instagram Hit with Bugs, Apex Legends Shows Promise in Fortnite Dominated Gaming Space, Facebook Testing Option for Publishers to Serve Ads Programmatically on Watch, Amazon Launches Amazon Moments and Facebook Negotiating Settlement with FTC.

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Letting Users Prioritize News Sources Based on Trust, Snapchat Makes Additional Investment in App Install Tech, Instagram Partners with GIPHY to Add GIF Stickers, Snapchat Breaks Stories Out of its Ecosystem and Twitter Working on Camera-Focused Interface.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Opts Out of Bidding to Stream Thursday Night NFL Games, Amazon Go Opens to the Public, Sponsored Instagram Content Doubled in 2017, Twitch Launches New Tools for Creators to Hype Content, Facebook Inks Deal with ESL for Esports Streaming, Facebook Acquires Identity Confirmation Service Confirm, Instagram Included in Nielsen’s Social Content Ratings, Google Expands Mute this Ad Program and Snapchat Removes White Border from Camera Roll Uploads.

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This week’s headlines: Instagram Launches Stories Search and Archive, Twitter Now Has Direct Message Ads, Pinterest Improves Food Search Capabilities, Google Takes Aim at Last-Click Attribution, Instagram Testing Direct Response Ads in Stories, Pinterest Rolls Out Auto-Play Video and Google Chrome Coming with Ad Blocking Technology.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Order Food Button, Facebook Watch and Scroll Videos Rollout on Desktop and Mobile, YouTube Ads Can Now Include Location Info, Facebook Launches Audience Direct for Video Campaigns on Publisher Sites, Snapchat Launches Custom Stories for Collaboration with Friends, Facebook Launches New Live Features, Google Enables AMP for Ads, Facebook Tests Carousel of Stories from Multiple News Outlets, Instagram Allows Link Sharing in Direct Messaging, Foursquare Powers Location Tagging in Reddit Posts, Twitter Tests Reminder Button for Live Video Streams, Vimeo Gets Cards and End Screens and Skype Gets Snapchat-Inspired Update.

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