
Opinion: Is Nike’s Colin Kaepernick ‘Just Do It’ deal really stupid — or inc
Many marketing pundits and talking heads are now asking whether Nike’s “Just Do It” anniversary deal with NFL quarterback-turned-activist...

Snap names Time Warner’s former CMO as its VP of US Global Business Solutions
Snap Inc. has hired Kristen O’Hara, the former CMO for Time Warner (now Warner Media), as its vice president of US global business...

Twitter suggested accounts to unfollow, says it was part of an ‘incredibly’ limited test
Twitter confirmed this week it recently ran a test suggesting accounts to unfollow. The test lasted for only a few days, was applied to a...

Twitter to enforce new rules around issue ads starting September 30
Twitter announced it will begin enforcing a new policy for US-specific issue ads starting September 30, along with a new certification...

Facebook opens up video ad opportunities to more creators as it takes Watch global
Facebook is taking its video hub Watch global, but even bigger news for its video creators: it is now launching Ad Breaks across five...

Facebook is letting 5 publishers test headlines, images, copy in organic posts
Facebook is running a test with a very limited group of publishers, giving them the ability to test different variations of headlines,...

Instagram fights back against fake accounts & bad actors with new safety tools
After last week’s announcement that 652 Pages, accounts and groups had been removed from Facebook and Instagram, Facebook’s less popular...

Facebook opens up its ads pixel to a limited number of Groups
Facebook is trying to get more brands on board with its mission to deliver community-driven experiences. As part of this initiative, the...

Facebook tests new way to connect more users on the platform
Facebook is testing a new way to get more users to become Facebook friends. To do so, the company is adding a “Things in Common” label...

Facebook recruits former HP marketing lead as its new CMO
Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox with the company’s new CMO, Antonio Lucio Since Facebook CMO Gary Briggs announced his plans to...

Facebook, Twitter & Google take down malicious content originating from Iran
Facebook, Twitter, and Google’s security teams are staying busy. All three companies reported this week that they had removed malicious...

Facebook bans an app once used by 4M people, suspends 200 more
Facebook has banned another app on its platform since announcing in March it had banned Cambridge Analytica for misusing user data via...

Facebook launches Ad Archive API for political ads with limited release
Facebook is launching an Ad Archive API for US researchers and publishers that will allow them to analyze political and issue-based ads...

Facebook clarifies Custom Audience list management terms for agency-advertiser relationships
Alexey Boldin / Shutterstock.com Since releasing new rules around Custom Audiences in June, Facebook is clarifying terms around a...

Facebook rolls out mobile-first video creation tools for advertisers
blog post on Wednesday. Facebook first mentioned plans for the tools in July; its Creative Shop team unveiled a framework called Create...

Facebook removes 5K ad targeting filters to keep advertisers from discriminating against ethnic 
Facebook is continuing the push to make its platform safer for users, this time removing more than 5,000 ad targeting filters from its...

As advertisers pull back on Facebook, Instagram’s ad spend growth rate is booming
tanuha2001 / Shutterstock.com Facebook suffered a lackluster Q2, reporting slow user growth and lower-than-expected revenue. The...

Instagram makes a play to keep users scrolling with new ‘Recommended For You’ posts
Instagram is testing a new feature that recommends posts to users based on their follower lists and photos and videos they have liked....

Europe to punish sites for not removing ‘illegal content’ within one hour
In March of this year, the European Commission (EC) created guidelines and recommendations for the removal of “illegal content”...
























