Episode 371

This week’s headlines: Twitter Refreshes Website Look and Feel, YouTube Courts Creators with New Monetization Options and Facebook Gets a Gift from the FTC.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Launches Shoelace, Amazon Offers $10 to Track You Online, Apple Explores Exclusive Rights to Podcasts, Facebook Pitches Libra to Congress, Netflix Affirms a No-Ads Commitment and Facebook Updates Mobile News Feed Ad Restrictions.

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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.

Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast.

Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com.

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

Episode 290

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

This week’s headlines: Instagram Testing Live Video Collaboration, Pinterest Adds Third Party Verification to Video, Facebook Launches Video Tab and Snapchat’s Quarterly Earnings Not Encouraging.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Aims to Minimize Accidental Clicks, YouTube Introduces Video Sharing, Disney Sets Sights on Live Video Streaming, Google Notifies Publishers that they Need to Remove Certain Ads and Foursquare Emphasizes Personal Logging in Latest Update.

Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast.

Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com.

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

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Episode 259

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 125

This week’s headlines: LinkedIn Sponsored Updates on Users’ Feeds, Twitter Expands TV Targeting to All National Advertisers, Flipboard Launches Web Version, Facebook Reports Strong Growth in Q2 Earnings and Zynga Abandons Real-Money Gambling Games in the U.S.

The week’s news quick hits: Netflix Boasts Subscriber Growth, YouTube Launches Embeddable Subscribe Button, Report Finds Facebook Dominates Social TV, Foursquare Expands Self-Serve Ad Platform, Google Launches Chromecast, Twitter Caught Attributing Fake Tweets to Users and Google Will Close Google+ Local for iOS in August.

Episode 107

This week’s headlines: Crowley Opens Up on Foursquare, Pinterest Launches Measurement Tool, LinkedIn Brings Slides to Ads, FTC Lays Out Mobile and Social Disclosure Guidelines, Facebook Rolls Out New Timeline and Hashtags Coming to Facebook.

The week’s news quick hits cover: YouTube Co-Founder Teases New Video Product, Facebook Acquires Storylane, SoundCloud Adds Slideshow Feature, Tumblr Integrates Photosets with iOS App, Google Closes Down Reader, Netflix Adds Facebook Integration, Vimeo Launches Vimeo On Demand and Twitter May Be Launching Music Service.