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 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 271

This week’s headlines: Google Removing 30-Second Unskippable Ads, Pinterest Launches Labs, YouTube is Launching TV Streaming Service and Instagram Launches Sponsored Stories.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube Users Watch 1 Billion Hours of Content Per Day, Twitter Launches Top Comments for Live Streams, Snap Looking Into Launching a Drone, Periscope Launches Closed Groups, Line Launching Voice Assistant for the Home, Medium Launches Series, Facebook Adds Suicide Prevention Tools to Live, Foursquare Launches Location SDK, Twitter Adds New Safety Filters and Snap Inc. Closes Its First Day of Trading.

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Episode 262

This week’s headlines: Facebook Announces New Data Inaccuracies, Instagram Launches Several New Features for the Holidays, Facebook Launches New Live Features for Verified Users, Snapchat Launches Filter Games, Snapchat Using Machine Learning for Ad Targeting and Twitter and Periscope Launch 360-Degree Live Video Streaming.

The week’s news quick hits: Vine’s Back as Camera App, Messenger Gets Group Video Chat, Twitter Search Now Sorted by Relevance, Snap Inc. Acquires Flite, Snapchat Partners with Disney-ABC for Original Series, Twitter Tests Breaking News Push Notifications, Facebook Launches Live Audio, Twitter Reports Ad Metric Error and Snap Inc. Acquires Augmented Reality Startup.

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Episode 261

This week’s headlines: Facebook Reports More Measurement Discrepancies, Instagram Live Becomes Available to All Users, Snapchat Adds Four New Features, Twitter Adds Periscope Streaming to Core App, Facebook Launching Massive Update to Messenger’s Camera and Facebook Launches Effort to Fight Fake News.

The week’s news quick hits: A Slimmed Down Moments App Comes to Desktop, Facebook Launches Live 360 Videos, Snapchat Inks Slew of New Discover Deals, Flipboard Launches Promoted Roundup Editorial Ad Unit, Facebook Events App Available for Android, Instagram Launches Post Saving Feature, Instagram Reaches 600 Million Users, Facebook Testing Suggestions for M Virtual Assistant, Facebook Notifying Pages to Remove Snapcodes as Page Profile Pictures, Twitch Launches IRL Content Category, Yahoo Hit by Second Security Breach Affecting 1 Billion Users and Amazon Unbundles Prime Video.

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Episode 260

This week’s headlines: Facebook Working on Snapchat Discover Competitive Feature, Amazon Launches Amazon Go, Instagram Changes Up Comments Features and Facebook Continues to Copy Snapchat Features.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Spectacles Get Prescription Lenses, Twitter Acquires Yes, Snap Looks to Be Making Gaming Hires, Periscope Allows for Saving Videos in HD, LinkedIn Offering Conversation Starters in Messaging, Pinterest Shows Proven Pins, Slack and Google Launch Strategic Partnership and Microsoft Closes LinkedIn Acquisition. 

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Episode 257

This week’s headlines: Facebook Begins Monetizing Messenger, Snapchat Update Introduces World Lenses, Facebook Launches Snapchat Clone in Brazil and Instagram Adds New Features to Stories.

The week’s news quick hits: WhatsApp Adds GIF Support, Facebook Testing Jobs Tab for Pages, Pinterest Gives More Measurement Platforms API Access, Alphabet X Cuts Back on Project Wing, Pinterest Adds Checkmarks to Completed Projects and Periscope Adds New Engagement Features.

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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 252

Episode 152 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here! Check it out.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Messenger Day to Compete with Snapchat Stories, Facebook Launches Marketplace, Search Ads Start in Apple’s App Store, Twitch Added to Amazon Prime and Snapchat Unrolls Ads API.

The week’s news quick hits: Messenger Lite Launches for Areas with Poor Internet Connections, Twitter Adds Periscope Links to Profiles, YouTube Allows Creators to Add Disclosure Callouts, WhatsApp Gets New Camera Features, Facebook Introduces VR Web Browser and Google Makes Big Push into Hardware.

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