Episode 300

This week’s headlines: Facebook Dark Posts Viewable by Anyone, Facebook Launches New Optimization Tools and Snapchat Enables Pixels in Advertising.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube TV Gets App, LinkedIn Premium Users Get More Company Insights and Facebook Reports Q3 Earnings Under Scrutiny.

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Episode 299

This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Separate Tab for Publisher Content, Twitter Moves Toward MRC Accreditation, Snapchat Allows for Link Sharing from iOS Share Sheet and Instagram Lets Two People Go Live at Once.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Pinterest-Like Sharing Option Called Sets, Twitter Releases Calendar of Safety Policy Changes, Messenger Gets PayPal Payments, Amazon Accepting Takeout Orders, LinkedIn Launches Smart Replies to Help Users Clear Their Inboxes, Gmail Adds New Productivity Tools, Twitter Misreports User Numbers and Amazon Key Launches.

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Episode 297

This week’s headlines: Twitter Launches Happening Now, Snapchat Launches Context Cards and Facebook Launches 3D Posts.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Launching Bookmarking Feature, LinkedIn Gets Snapchat-Style Geofilters, Snapchat Tests Official Stories for Verified Accounts and Facebook Stories Opens Up to Businesses.

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Episode 292

This week’s headlines: Instagram and Snapchat See Growth in Teens While Facebook Falters, LinkedIn Launches Native Video, and Facebook and Twitter Compete for Live College Football.

The week’s news quick hits: Medium Ties Claps to Author Payments, Walmart Partners with Google for Google Express, Publisher Logos to Appear Next to Articles on Facebook, Facebook Allowing Subscriptions Through Instant Articles and Snapchat Opens Up Official Stories to Influencers.

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Episode 291

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Crowd Surf, Facebook Allows for More Flexibility in Placing Videos, Facebook Lets Brands Promote Influencer Posts and Reddit Joins the Autoplay Video Game.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Updates News Feed Design, LinkedIn Launches Active Status on User Profiles, Instagram Gets Threaded Comments, Facebook Tests Targeting Based on Store Visits, Google Maps Gets Q&A for Businesses, Instagram Launches New Way to Reply with Photos, Pinterest Adds Pinch and Zoom to Pins and Amazon Spark Launches.

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Episode 288

This week’s headlines: Facebook Working on Listening Assistant, Twitter Users Decline in US with Daily Active Users Up, Six-Second Video Ads Coming to Facebook and Twitter Launching $99 Subscription.

The week’s news quick hits: Group M Considers Changes to Viewability Standards, YouTube Shuts Down On-Site Video Editing Tools, Nielsen to Measure Hulu and YouTube in Ratings, Facebook Acquires Content Recognition Company Source3, Google Reports Successful Q2 Earnings, Twitter Adds More Notifications to Notifications, Facebook Original Shows Coming Mid-August, Facebook Reports Q2 Earnings, LinkedIn Launches Website Demographics and Messenger Adds Five New CTA Buttons.

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Episode 287

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Gets New User Features and Tools for Advertisers and Facebook Moving to Autoplay Ads with Sound On.

The week’s news quick hits: LinkedIn Gets Native Video Uploads, Amazon Testing Waters for New Messaging App, Google Launching Tailored Content Feed and Paywalls for Facebook Instant Articles are Officially Coming.

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Episode 278

This week’s headlines: Google Gets Into Programmatic TV, Snapchat Continues to Make Ad Buying Easier with Geofilters, Facebook and Google Continue Push Against Fake News and Twitter Shows It Can Grow Its Users.

The week’s news quick hits: Pinterest Like Button Being Phased Out, LinkedIn Launches Matched Audiences Ad Retargeting Capabilities, LinkedIn Hits Half a Billion Users, Twitch Gives Creators More Ways to Monetize Content, Twitter Planning to Go Live 24/7 in the Future, Facebook Improves Pixel Tracking and Alphabet Reports Strong Earnings.

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Episode 273

This week’s headlines: YouTube Takes Steps to Protect Advertisers from Offensive Placements, YouTube Simplifies Ad Metrics, Reddit Launches Profiles, Instagram Expands Shopping Tags to More Businesses and Live Streaming Gets More Competitive.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Launches New Troll-Prevention Tools, Google Launches Hangouts Business Products, Facebook Strikes Deal with MLS to Stream Games, Twitter Updates Gnip Firehose to Provide Like Data, Facebook Explicitly Prohibits Use of Data for Surveillance, YouTube Annotations Editor Shutting Down, Instagram Lets Users Save Live Videos, Instagram Reaches 1 Million Advertisers Milestone, Apple Launches Clips, Facebook Audience Network Can Now Be Leveraged with Header Bidding, Google Maps Users Can Share Their Locations with Others, LinkedIn Rolls Out Trending Storylines, Instagram Testing Offline Mode and Foursquare Analytics Opens Up to More Brands.

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Episode 265

This week’s headlines: Pinterest Rolling Out Ad Groups, Twitter Sells Fabric to Google, Snapchat Launches Sequential Video, Twitter Shutting Down the Buy Button and Snapchat Launching Big Update and Updated Search Bar.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Not Renewing Live Agreements with Publishers, Facebook Launching Paris-Based Startup Incubator, Google+ Gets New Features, Twitter Makes Short Videos Loop, YouTube Testing Messaging Videos in Canada and LinkedIn Overhauls Desktop Experience.

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