Episode 383

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

This week’s headlines: Facebook Ramps Up Security Ahead of U.S. Elections, Snap Earnings Offer Mixed Picture with Future Upside, Snapchat Launches Dynamic Ads, Twitter Earnings Disappoint and Facebook News Debuts.

The week’s news quick hits: Kik Gets Acquired, Organic Impressions Expected to Decline, Google has Quantum Computer Achievement and Zuckerberg Defends Libra in Front of Congress.

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Episode 372

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

This week’s headlines: Facebook Sees Engagement Uptick, Snap Gets Its Groove Back and Facebook Rolls On in Earnings While FTC Fine Gets Put in Place.

The week’s news quick hits: FTC and Google Reach Settlement for Children’s Privacy Violations, Google Closes Incognito Mode Tracking Loophole, Justice Department Announces Broad Plans to Investigate Internet Company Market Power, Pinterest Expands Advertiser Tools with Beta Program, Alexa Ads Get More Detail, YouTube Masthead Can Be Bought on CPM Basis, AWS Shows Signs of Slowdown, Alphabet Earns Back Trust from Investors, Facebook Migrates Instant Games to Games Tab and Twitter has Strong Earnings Report.

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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 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 364

This week’s headlines: It’s Time to Get Ready for Facebook’s Clear History Tool and Google Expands Ad Inventory and Makes Updates to Retail.

The week’s news quick hits: SCOTUS Allows Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple to Proceed, Google Launches Bumper Machine for Making Six-Second Ads, WhatsApp Closes Massive Surveillance Vulnerability, Twitter Discloses Location Sharing Bug, Twitter Announces New Developer Labs Program, Disney Takes Operational Control Over Hulu, Facebook Live Gets One Strike Policy and Instagram Phases Out Instagram Direct App.

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Episode 362

This week’s headlines: Twitter Plans More Emphasis on Video Advertising and Facebook Looks to Restart with Redesign and More from F8.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Launches Premium Video Ad Reserve, Alphabet Misses Analyst Estimates, Hulu Nets 28 Million U.S. Subscribers, Google Launches Auto-Delete Function for Location History, Spotify Tests Voice-Enabled Ad Unit and Facebook and FTC Settlement May Include Privacy Board.

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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 355

This week’s headlines: Facebook’s Relevance Score is Replaced with New Metrics, Twitter Focuses on Images and Video and Facebook Is Under Criminal Investigation.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube Stories Get AR Selfie Filters, Twitter Launches New Testing App Called Twttr, Hulu and Spotify Partner on $9.99 Bundle, COPPA Update Introduced in the Senate, Facebook Updates Potential Reach Metric, Apple Sets Dates to Reveal Streaming Plans, Facebook Suffers from DDOS Attack, Facebook Extends Watch Party to TV, Spotify Challenges Apple’s 30% Fee on In-App Purchases and High-Profile Execs Leave Facebook.

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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 347

This week’s headlines: Twitter May Look More Like Messaging Service, Twitter Inks Deal with the NBA and IMDB Launches Freedive.

The week’s news quick hits: Hulu Reports 25 Million Subscribers, Instagram Allows for Multiple Account Posting, Amazon Pilots Sample Program, Zuckerberg Shares 2019 Personal Challenge and Google Assistant Coming to Google Maps.

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Episode 334

This week’s headlines: Facebook Watch Goes Worldwide

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube Gives More Creators the Ability to Launch Unskppable Ads, YouTube Gives Users Tool to See How Much Time They Spend Watching Videos, Instagram Opens Up Account Verification to All Users, Instagram Allows Two-Factor Authentication Apps, Amazon Set to Launch Streaming TV Service, Twitter Tests Suggestions of Accounts to Unfollow and Twitter Exempts Publishers from Political Advertiser Registration.

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