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Facebook Tracks Your Browsing Even If You Don’t Have an Account

11 April 201811 April 2018|Social Media

A lot of folks have been glued to the screen the last two days, as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress on the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. And it’s safe to say he’s not making us feel any better about...

Do We All Work For Facebook?

28 March 201828 March 2018|Social Media

Deleting Facebook has become a mantra in the days since the news about the Cambridge Analytica data breach broke. But there’s more fuel to the fire than just your personal data being compromised. On closer look, the social media giant...

What Facebook Really Knows About You

21 March 201821 March 2018|Social Media

This week was an eye-opener for a lot of folks, with big data, Facebook and Cambridge Analytica making headlines on just about every news outlet. It’s becoming painfully obvious that every move you make on Facebook is being bought and...

On the Rebound from Facebook, Publishers Turn to Pinterest

14 March 201814 March 2018|Social Media

This year’s sweeping changes to Facebook’s newsfeed have proved to be the final straw in the social platform’s relationship with many magazine media brands. From the publisher’s POV, dealing with yet another algorithm change that will drive even less referral...

Facebook Live Hits the Skids

07 March 201807 March 2018|Social Media

When publisher payments dried up early last year, so did the video content. Is it RIP for Facebook Live? For Tastemade, a digital native brand with a focus on food and travel, Facebook Live videos were a lucrative revenue stream...

What Happened When a TV Station Took a Two Week Facebook Fast

28 February 201828 February 2018|Social Media

It’s a dilemma. Facebook is becoming increasingly unfriendly to news publishers with their new algorithms, and referral traffic is dropping fast. On the other hand, Facebook is a go-to source of “news” for so many, that news brands often say...

Facebook Turning to Direct Mail to Fix Fake Ads

21 February 201821 February 2018|Social Media

Some days I swear this stuff just writes itself. Facebook just announced it will now use decidedly non-digital means to verify the identities of political ad buyers on its platform. The social network has come under a lot of...

If You Read One Thing Today, Make it This Post from Adam Tinworth

21 February 201809 November 2021|Social Media

Every day I curate and comment on industry news and insights I think our readers will find helpful, inspiring, infuriating or encouraging. Today, I’m sharing this post from Adam Tinworth about Facebook, journalism, and the ten years they’ve been sharing...

Ditching Instant Articles? You’re Not Alone

08 February 201808 February 2018|publishing, Social Media

Question: What do Cosmopolitan, CBS News, The Onion, National Geographic, The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Weather Channel all have in common? Answer: They were all initial partners in Facebook’s Instant Articles when it launched in 2015,...

How FB’s New Rules Might Actually Increase Polarizing Content

24 January 201824 January 2018|Social Media

Meaningful engagement – it’s the new standard by which posts will be evaluated for inclusion in your news feed. For brands, this means organic reach will continue to drop, while FB shifts to featuring “meaningful” content – ostensibly one’s family...

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