Episode 275

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Search for Stories, Amazon Inks Deal to Stream Thursday Night NFL Games While Twitter Focuses on Its TV Future, Facebook Rolls out More Features for Digital Assistant M, Facebook Updated Delivery Insights Dashboard and Snapchat Makes Moves to Court Advertisers.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Removes Default Egg Profile Pic, Google Partners with Ad Verification Companies to Protect Brands, YouTube Updates “Sensitive Subject Exclusions” List, Amazon Launches Amazon Cash, Twitch Selling Games in Streams, Twitter Allows Customer Service Teams to Get Customer Locations, Reddit Updates Self-Serve Ad Platform, Facebook Works to Curb Revenge Porn, YouTube TV Goes Live, Twitter Launches Twitter Lite, Facebook Launches Freemium Version of Workplace and Pinterest Hits Another User Milestone.

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Episode 272

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Potentially Launching “Spotlight Module,” Facebook Updates How Messenger Bots Work, Facebook Provides Advertisers Cross-Platform Stats in New Dashboard, Twitter Allowing Advertisers to Buy Video Like TV and Facebook Launches Messenger Day.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Rolls Out Fake News Callouts on Posts, Facebook Testing Reactions in Messenger, Twitch Launches Content Feed Called Pulse, Instagram Launches Geostickers, Microsoft Shuts Down Socl, Twitter Adds Analytics to Moments, Pinterest Acquires Jelly and Facebook Launches 360 App.

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Episode 271

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

This week’s headlines: Google to Allow Brands to Target their Customer Databases, Facebook Lets Advertisers Buy Video Like TV, Facebook’s New Notes are Here, Twitter Expands Buy Button and Facebook Updates How Profile Updates Display.

The week’s news quick hits: LinkedIn Launches Employee Advocacy Platform Called Elevate, YouTube Launches Shopping Ads and Twitter Considering Removal of 140-Character Limit in Tweets.

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

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This week’s headlines: People Flock to Social Media in Wake of Boston Attacks, Twitter Working to Stream TV Content in Tweets, Twitter Introduces Keyword Targeting, Storify Adds New Business Features and Twitter Music is Here.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Bing Adds ‘Pin’ Button to Image Search Results, YouTube for iOS Offers Live Streaming, Chat Heads Come to iOS, LinkedIn Mobile App Update Includes Ad Test and Yahoo Launches New Apps.