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This week’s headlines: Bloomberg and Others Partner with Twitter for Exclusive Live Video, Snap Inc. Launches Viewability Score for Snapchat, Facebook Messenger Launches Instant Games and Facebook Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Winning.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Creates New Head of News Product Position, Facebook Testing Loyalty QR Codes, Facebook Marketplace Gets Icon-Driven UI Update, YouTube Rolls Out Updated Look, Facebook Grows Content Safety Team, Hulu Launches Live TV Streaming Service, Twitter Moments Get Vertical Video Ads and YouTube Launches New Celebrity-Driven Shows.

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Episode 273

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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 245

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Ephemeral Messaging for Messenger and Twitter Opens Up Gnip’s Audience API.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Live Streaming National Conventions and Bloomberg Television, Twitter Increases Supported GIF Size, Sponsored Locations Coming to Pokemon Go, Facebook Messenger Gets 3D Touch Support on iOS and Line Has Biggest Tech IPO of the Year. 

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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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This week’s headlines: F8 Shows Facebook’s Vision for Its Future, Facebook Launching Live-Video In-Stream Ads, Instagram Launches Personalized Video Feed, YouTube Launches 360-Degree Live Video Streaming and Pinterest Updates Mobile App for Speed.

The week’s news quick hits: Drawing on Streams Coming to Periscope, Trending Searches Tested in Google Search Bar, Facebook Messenger Testing Sponsored Messages, Vine Launches ‘Watch’ Feature, Twitter Introduces Ad Groups, Shazam Launches Shazam for Brands, Facebook Makes Video Ad Buys More Like Television, Facebook Messenger Rolls Out Group Calling and Facebook Algorithm Cuts Back on Link Bait.

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Brings Oscars Live Story Online, Live Video Emphasized in Facebook News Feeds and Meerkat Pivots Away from Live-Streaming.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Updates Moments App to Include Video, Snapchat Hires Key Facebook Mobile Advertising Leader, LinkedIn Offers Stronger Business Targeting and Spotify Integration Comes to Messenger.

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This week’s headlines: Twitter Now Has Longer and Skippable Pre-Roll Ads, Facebook’s Mobile Ad Network is Expanding, Facebook on the Verge of Launching Like Button Replacement, Facebook Continues Making Money in 2015 Q4 Earnings and Facebook Launches Live Video.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Undergoes Big Executive Shakeup, Spotify Video Support is Here and UberRUSH Doing Same Day Delivery for Retailers.

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

This week’s headlines: Google+ Rolls Out Redesign, Instagram Testing Multi-Account Support, LinkedIn Updates Mobile App, Snapchat Introduces Deep Linking and Facebook Testing Live Video for All Users.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Sells Lenses, Facebook Allows Google to Index its App, Facebook Testing New Donate Button, Facebook Allows Targeting of Holiday Shoppers, Facebook Messenger Gets Website Plug-in, Google Testing Ads to Stream Apps and Facebook Testing Selling Concert Tickets on Event Pages.

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