What’s Ahead for Facebook’s News Feed, Advertisers See “Video Ambitions”, Reports NY Times
Facebook made waves in the media industry with its announcement it would put a new focus on “meaningful social interactions” with close friends and family in its News Feed — the…
Facebook to Ask Its News Feed Users to Rank News Organizations They Trust
Facebook unveiled major changes to the News Feed of its 2 billion users, announcing it will rank news organizations by credibility based on user…
Instagram was Social Media Star of 2017, Reports O’Dwyer’s
Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide — or about one in three living on the planet today — logged onto a social network in 2017, according…
YouTube Releases 2017 Rewind Video Reviewing 2017’s Pop Culture, News and Showbiz Trends
Every year YouTube releases their Rewind video, which is a summary of the pop culture, news and showbiz trends from the last year. According…
Washington Post Partners with Facebook to Help Users Identify Breaking News Stories
The Washington Post has started adding a breaking news label to stories shared on Facebook providing all users with an easy way to identify…
YouTube Purging “Non-Family Friendly” Content As Advertisers React, Reports Deadline
YouTube has begun purging the site of channels and videos it deems predatory or non-family friendly, resulting in some channels with millions of…
The Future of Facebook Video
By Kristin Dyak, The Cyphers Agency A picture might be worth a thousand words, but a video tells the story. We’ve embraced a…
Twitter Retains Lobbyist as Lawmakers Focus on Digital Political Ads
Twitter has retained D.C.-based government relations shop Integrated Solutions Group in response to a recently introduced bill that could fundamentally change how…
Snapchat’s Biggest Redesign to Launch Dec. 4
The biggest redesign in Snapchat’s history is planned to debut on Monday, December 4, Business Insider has learned. According to Business Insider, “with…
Twitter Rolls Out 280-Character Limit as it and Snapchat Seek Wider Audiences in the Shadow of Facebook
According to AP, “Struggling social-media darlings Twitter and Snapchat are taking on new looks as the services seek wider audiences in the shadow…
Twitter Overstated Monthly-User Figures for Three Years
Twitter said it overstated its monthly-user figures since 2014 after mistakenly including data from third-party applications in its counting, reports The New…
Senators Propose Bill Targeting Political Ads on Facebook, Google and Twitter
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, and Mark Warner, D-Virginia, introduced a bill that would make political ads on platforms such as…
NY Times Updates Guidelines for its Journalists’ Use of Social Media
The New York Times issued an updated and expanded set of guidelines for its journalists’ use of social media, reports the Times, which added…
Facebook Fought Rules That Could Have Exposed Fake Russian Ads, Reports Bloomberg
Facebook Inc. is pledging greater transparency about who’s behind election-related ads online. But, for years, the company fought to avoid it, reports…
Facebook to Invest $1 Billion in Virginia
Facebook will build its next data center in Henrico County, which is just outside Richmond, reports CNN Money, which added that “Facebook plans to…
