Episode 293

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Campus Publisher Stories, Facebook Brings New Ad Options to Instagram Stories and Facebook Expands Bonfire Test.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Opens Checkbook for Original Video Content, Apple News Testing Featured Video Section, Facebook Improves Live API, Facebook Testing Videos for Offline Viewing, Twitter Brings in 35 New Video Content Providers, Instagram Stories Can Be Shared Via Direct Message, Apple Unveils New Products and Pinterest has 200 Million Active Users.

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Episode 283

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This week’s headlines: Apple’s WWDC Brings Implications for Marketers and Snap Acquires to Get More Location Aware.

The week’s news quick hits: Click-to-Messenger Ads Come to Instagram, Facebook Live Gets Closed Captions, Facebook Allows Canvas Ads to Pair with Collections and Facebook Gets More Political with Tools for Representatives.

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Episode 271

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This week’s headlines: Google Removing 30-Second Unskippable Ads, Pinterest Launches Labs, YouTube is Launching TV Streaming Service and Instagram Launches Sponsored Stories.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube Users Watch 1 Billion Hours of Content Per Day, Twitter Launches Top Comments for Live Streams, Snap Looking Into Launching a Drone, Periscope Launches Closed Groups, Line Launching Voice Assistant for the Home, Medium Launches Series, Facebook Adds Suicide Prevention Tools to Live, Foursquare Launches Location SDK, Twitter Adds New Safety Filters and Snap Inc. Closes Its First Day of Trading.

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Episode 269

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

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

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Episode 259

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Ads to Drive to Live, Instagram Launches New Features to Go Live and Be Ephemeral, Pinterest Updates Business Profiles and Amazon Getting into Header Bidding.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing WiFi-Finding Feature, AT&T Launches DirecTV Now, Instagram Launches Correspondents Program for Colleges, Facebook Launches Instant Games, Facebook’s Creative Hub Launches, Netflix Allows for Offline Viewing, Tumblr Enables SSL by Default on All Blogs, YouTube Launches 4K Support for Live Video, Twitter Users Can Create Moments on Mobile and Twitter Brings Reply Rankings to Mobile. 

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Episode 254

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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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Episode 248

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This week’s headlines: Interstitials Come to Facebook Live, Google AMP Pages Get More Prominence in Search Results, Instagram Launches Stories to Combat Snapchat, Facebook Pages Get New Layout and Capabilities and Facebook Algorithm Cuts Back on Clickbait.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Ads Manger Getting New Features, LinkedIn Launches Videos for Influencers, Snapchat Rolls Out Geostickers, Snapchat and NFL Expand Discover Plans, Twitter Adds Tweet to Unlock to Conversational Ads and Native Video Player Coming to Pinterest.

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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 242

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Instant Articles Get More Brand Friendly, Facebook Expands Canvas to Organic Posts, Twitter Giving Users More Seconds of Video, Tumblr Gets Live Streaming Video, Facebook Brings MSQRD Integration to Facebook Live and YouTube App Gets Live Streaming Capabilities.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Acquires Magic Pony, Instagram Has Half a Billion Users, Twitter Launches Analytics App for Power Users, Twitch Launches Friends Feature, Instagram to Offer Automatic Translations, Pinterest Acquires Shopping App Tote, Facebook Brings Reactions to VR, Uber Expands Upfront Pricing and WhatsApp Delivers 100 Million Calls Per Day. 

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