Episode 360

This week’s headlines: Twitter Adopts Proactive Approach to Abusive Content, Facebook Working on Voice Assistant Technology and Amazon Launches Free Ad-Supported Streaming Music Service.

The week’s news quick hits: Hulu Buys Out AT&T’s Stake, Facebook Watch Completing Transition From Exclusivity, Messenger Gets Dark Mode Toggle, Facebook Error Uploaded Email Contacts Without Permission, Instagram Tested Removing Like Counts, Amazon and Google End Boycott of Each Other, Pinterest has Good First Day of Trading and Millions of Instagram Passwords Stored in Plain Text.

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Episode 348

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

This week’s headlines: NBC Announces New Streaming Service, Facebook Working on Meme App for Teens, Facebook Launches Community Actions and Facebook Launching Cross-Messaging Across Platforms.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Tests Feature to Share Events as Stories, Snap CFO Departing Company, Alex Jones Gets a Roku Channel That Gets Taken Away, Facebook Users Unaware their Interests are Collected, YouTube Limits Challenge Videos, FTC May Levy Record Fine on Facebook, Google Receives GDPR Fine, Netflix Lets Users Share to Instagram Stories, WhatsApp Limits Message Forwarding, Twitter Updates Website, Viacom Acquires Pluto TV, YouTube TV Goes National, Twitter Tests “Original Tweeter” Tag, Amazon Launches Autonomous Delivery Bot and Facebook Shutting Down Moments.

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Episode 332

This week’s headlines: Infowars Removed from Major Platforms, Snapchat Loses Daily Active Users and Facebook Goes After Snapchat with AR Video Chat Games.

The week’s news quick hits: New Details on Disney’s Streaming Service Emerge, Facebook Starts Testing Dating App Internally, Facebook Working on Data-Sharing Agreements with Banks, Facebook Adds Features to Local Pages, Facebook Third Most Popular Browser, Wide Format Video Pins Roll Out to All Advertisers, HQ Runs Traditional Video Ad, Sponsored Posts on Instagram on the Rise and Spotify Tests Skippable Ads.

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Episode 307

This week’s headlines: YouTube Implements Tighter Requirements for Ads Program and Facebook Makes Plans to Simplify Messenger.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Hire Signals Additional Focus on AR, Roku Launches Ad Insights Platform, Instagram Testing New Features and Snapchat Makes Moves to Court Publishers in Wake of Facebook Updates.

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Episode 303

This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches Messenger Kids, Instagram Lets Users Keep Their Stories and Instagram Separates Messaging into Separate App.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube’s Commits to Adding Content Moderators, Pinterest Launches Messenger Bot and Facebook Adds New Instant Games on Anniversary.

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Episode 302

This week’s headlines: Snap Launches Immersive New Ad Units, Snapchat Introduces Redesigned App and Pre-Roll Ads in Testing for Facebook Watch.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Recommends Contextual Filters, Twitter Renames Save For Later Feature to Bookmarks, Facebook Informing Users They’ve Followed Russian Propagandists, Instagram Lets Users Edit Images Sent in Direct Messages, Facebook Testing Messenger Broadcast, Facebook Launches Mentorship and Support Tool and YouTube Getting Stories-Like Feature Dubbed Reels.

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Episode 301

This week’s headlines: Facebook Lets Brands Add Messenger to Websites, Snapchat Earnings Portend Redesign and Twitter’s 280-Character Limit is Officially Here.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Launches Polls, Instagram Works to Improve Disclosures, Apple Pay Cash Rolling Out in iOS Beta, Instagram Lets All Camera Roll Content Get Added to Stories, Twitter Launches Promote Mode for Small Businesses and Twitter Increases Display Name Character Limit.

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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 295

This week’s headlines: YouTube Launches New Tools for Ad Targeting and Creative, Pinterest Opens Up Taste Graph Targeting, Twitter Testing 280-Character Tweet Limit, Amazon Surprises Everyone with More Echo Products and Snapchat Adds New Sponsored World Lenses.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Aims to Determine How TV and Social Work Together for Brand Lift, Snapchat Adds Sky Filters, Instagram Sees Fastest Growth in Users Yet, Facebook Secures Rights for NFL Highlights, Instagram Gives Users More Control Over Who Can Comment on Posts, Vimeo Launches Live Streaming and Facebook Adds New Objective to Drive Users to Messenger.

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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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