Episode 276

This week’s headlines: Facebook Steps Up Push Against Fake News by Paying Fact Checkers, YouTube Restricts Paid Creators to Those with 10,000 or More Views, Instagram Direct Gets Snapchat-Inspired Upgrade and Snapchat Launches Snap to Store.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Tests Groups Feature on Pages, Google Displays Fact-Checking Tags on Search Results, Facebook Puts CTA Units on Instant Articles, Periscope Lets Brands Create Custom Hearts, Messenger Hits Another User Milestone and Instagram Stories Hits 200 Million Users.

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Episode 274

This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches New Ad Unit Called Collections, Facebook Clones Snapchat Stories in Core App, Twitter Adds Pre-Roll to Periscope and Pinterest Launches Small Business Program.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Considering Paid Subscription Offering, Google Launching Header Bidding Alternative, Facebook Messenger Unveils Live Locations, Facebook Testing Pages Interactions on Groups, Pinterest Visual Search Powers New Samsung Products and Twitter No Longer Counts Replies in Character Limit.

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Episode 253

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Stories Playlists and Alters Discover’s Prominence, Pinterest Launches Retargeting Options, Facebook Updates Instant Article Advertising Options and Periscope Launches Periscope Producer.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Workplace Launches, Flipboard Launches Storyboard Ad Unit, LinkedIn Gives Users More Control Over Their Feeds, Facebook Testing Ads in Groups, Vine Adds Soundboard Feature and Pinterest Reaches 150 Million Users.

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Episode 188

This week’s headlines: Facebook Offers Tools for Group Selling, Twitter Acquires Influencer Network, Facebook Adding Relevance Scores to Ads and Pinterest Removes Affiliate Links.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Acquires Odysee, Yelp Acquires Eat24, Facebook Launches Legacy Contact Feature, Pinterest May Be Launching ‘Buy’ Button this Year, Pinterest Introduces App Pins, Facebook Relaunches Preferred Marketing Developer Program with New Name, Reddit Lets Community Choose Charity to Receive more than $800,000 and Facebook Lets Users Add Stickers to Photos.

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