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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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This week’s headlines: Interstitials Come to Facebook Live, Google AMP Pages Get More Prominence in Search Results, Instagram Launches Stories to Combat Snapchat, Facebook Pages Get New Layout and Capabilities and Facebook Algorithm Cuts Back on Clickbait.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Ads Manger Getting New Features, LinkedIn Launches Videos for Influencers, Snapchat Rolls Out Geostickers, Snapchat and NFL Expand Discover Plans, Twitter Adds Tweet to Unlock to Conversational Ads and Native Video Player Coming to Pinterest.

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This week’s headlines: Verizon Acquires Yahoo, Reddit Shares Plans to Go Mass and New Ad Offering, Twitter Disappoints in Q2 Earnings, Tumblr to Run Ads on all Blogs, Video Propels Facebook Into Dominant Q2 and Alphabet Reports Excellent Earnings Despite Facebook.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Quick Updates, Attribution Powered by Foursquare Gets Real-Time Dashboard, Instagram Testing Tools for Celebrities to Combat Trolls, Pinterest Hires New Head of Measurement, LinkedIn Acquires PointDrive, Facebook Updates Custom Audiences for Time Spent on Site, Facebook Testing New Video Features, Facebook Launches Birthday Recap Videos and Twitter Stickers Available to All.

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This week’s headlines: Student Discovers Facebook Messenger-Based Payment System, Facebook Expands Mobile Audience Network, Snapchat Confirms Ad Rollout and Private Social Networks Called Into Question.

The week’s news quick hits: Yahoo Prepping for $10 Million Investment in Snapchat, Pinterest Launches Pin Picks Co-Marketing Effort with Media Companies, Facebook Working on Anonymous Sharing App, Facebook Introduces Local Awareness Ad Objective, Facebook Closes on WhatsApp Acquisition, Twitter Files Lawsuit to Publish Transparency Report, Google+ Gets Polls, French Bank Allows Money Transfers Using Tweets, Facebook Supports Stickers in Comments, Twitter Launches Audio Cards and Twitpic Shuts Down After All.

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Updates Newsfeed Algorithm in Effort to Deliver More Relevant Ads to Users, Facebook Brings Status Updates to Graph Search, Facebook Introduces New Mobile Ad Unit, Snapchat Launches Snapchat Stories and Twitter Files for IPO with SEC.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Makes Photos Bigger, Social Media Spam Increases in 2013 and Ads Confirmed for Instagram.