- Google is making a play for Pinterest’s territory with enhanced Image Search features.
- 6-second ads aren’t just coming to Facebook, they’re also coming soon to TV.
- Giphy is looking to up its monetization efforts, reportedly considering sponsored GIFs.
- Snapchat is hoping to indoctrinate aspiring media types, asking college papers to produce Discover content.
- An interesting new perspective that “influencers” are able to drive sales or brand awareness but rarely both.
- It’s not just cord-cutting that’s happening, people are simply buying fewer TV sets.
- Anchor wants to take seize the moment and is offering a simple tool to transfer podcasts from Soundcloud.
- New automated ad tools from Twitter are trying to reduce the friction for smaller advertisers.
- The biggest influencers have the biggest heads, ready to walk away from deals to not cede creative control.
- Pinterest is making search even more of a focus, putting it front and center for users.
- Facebook puts another thumb on the scale, saying it will penalize links to sites that load slowly, encouraging Instant Article usage.
- Spotify is eyeing podcasts to take market share from Apple and increase alternate revenue streams.
- Nope, turns out Vimeo isn’t going to launch a subscription video service. Here’s why.
- Not surprised at all to read that Amazon’s new Spark feed of products is already filled with sponsored posts.
- Cool new Playbook from LinkedIn to help people create effective and engaging Company Pages.
- Facebook has decided “related articles” is the best way to counter the spread of fake news on the network.
- The enhanced tools Instagram offers brands is a big reason they use Stories there more than on Snapchat.