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New research reveals Facebook click-through rates for publishers

What is the Facebook click-through rate for publishers? 2.5%. That’s according to Echobox, the AI-powered social publishing platform, who undertook an industry-wide survey taking in…

How publishers can make the most of emojis on Facebook

Are emojis a staple of your communication on social media? Or do you find them grating? No matter your personal view of emojis, there’s no…

Facebook Groups and Pages: what’s the difference for publishers?

The difference between Facebook pages and groups is profound, not just in terms of reach but also engagement. If you’re not particularly au fait with…

Facebook to pay publishers for hosting ‘high-quality’ content, on a dedicated news tab

As a part of a series of discussions he is hosting about the future of technology and society, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat down with…

Podcast: Why we shouldn’t be cheering for Facebook’s downfall, with Axios

From data privacy to fake news to fluctuations in traffic to publishers, Facebook is a complicated topic. From the point of view of publishers, the…

Chasing ghosts: Facebook’s audience figures come under legal challenge

It’s hard to remember a time when Facebook wasn’t the subject of a major controversy, and this week is no different. Facebook has allegedly misled…

Goodbye Facebook? Snapchat poised to take the lead among younger users

The writing was already on the wall. “Facebook is losing younger users at an even faster pace than previously expected,” eMarketer reported earlier this year.…

Snap rises as Facebook falls

For so long, Facebook has been the classroom bully in social media, with Snapchat taking it on the chin when Facebook copied Snapchat’s Stories format…

Google-Facebook duopoly dystopia: Effects on publishers

Google and Facebook’s dominance of the digital advertising market is well documented. Pivotal Research’s Brian Wieser estimated at the end of 2017 that these two companies “accounted…

Facebook accused of deleting independent publisher pages

For quite some time now, and certainly since January’s change to its newsfeed algorithms, publishers have been right to be wary of Facebook and to…

After Facebook, what’s next? Publishers grapple with traffic fragmentation

Just last year, Parse.ly—a technology company that partners with digital publishers to provide web analytics and audience insights— reported on where audiences came from for…

With Facebook usage declining, what next for publishers?

With more than 2.2 billion monthly active users Facebook is the world’s largest online community. And it’s been a major source of traffic for publishers.…

Publishers stop Facebook ad spending over policy that treats publishers as political advertisers

Facebook’s new ad-labeling policy has come under fire from publishers who are concerned that their news articles will be treated as political advocacy ads, and at least…

Facebook’s new influencer marketing search tool: good or bad?

With TechCrunch reporting that Facebook are working on a new search tool that allows brands to connect with social media creators – enabling them to…

New data casts doubt on Facebook’s commitment to quality news

Some recent data on the best-performing news brands on Facebook seems to show that high-quality new sources are getting less engagement on Facebook and lower quality sites…

Facebook has begun to rank news organisations by trust, Zuckerberg says

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the company has already begun to implement a system that ranks news organizations based on trustworthiness, and promotes…

Key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional appearance that media professionals should know

In the most high profile chapter in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was grilled by US lawmakers on Capitol Hill yesterday (April…

Facebook’s data crackdown has two winners: Facebook and Google

Advertising industry worries Facebook response to user-privacy crisis will prop up a digital marketing duopoly. Facebook is putting tighter controls on data flowing through its giant…

Facebook ends experiment to take news out of users’ News Feed

Facebook has ended its Explore News Feed trial which separated publishers’ posts from those of family and friends. The social network ran a test last…

Viral publishers see sharp engagement drops on Facebook

WNIP reported last week how online publisher LittleThings had shut down after Facebook’s algorithm change cut its organic reach by 75 percent. But it’s not the…

Media Moments 2022
The biggest shifts this year, and how publishers can prepare for what is likely to be another challenging twelve months ahead
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eCommerce in Publishing 2022: Report Download
A comprehensive guide to the eCommerce opportunities available for publishers
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Media Moments 2021
The key moments that have changed the media landscape during a transformative year
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50 Ways to Make Media Pay 2021 edition, fully updated
A comprehensive guide to publisher revenue models
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Paywalls for Publishers
A guide to the latest paywall innovations and strategies
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Which way now? Publisher options for the ending of third-party cookies
The very latest identity solutions and data innovations available to publishers
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6 Publishing Technologies that Will Make a Difference to Your Business
Technologies to help you build a broader, audience-focused revenue mix
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How Publishers Can Swap Out The Cookie Jar In 2021
The identity solutions available to publishers as Google sunsets third-party cookies
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The Publisher’s Guide to Navigating COVID-19
How publishers are successfully steering a course through the pandemic
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The Publisher’s Guide to eCommerce
Exploring wider opportunities that eCommerce potentially affords publishers
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The Publisher's Guide to eCommerce: Case Studies
How specific publishers are successfully leveraging ecommerce opportunities
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Media Moments 2020
The key moments that have changed the media landscape during a tumultuous year
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YouTube Shorts monetization: What creators need to know
Short-form video is gaining huge traction – YouTube Shorts are attracting 1.5 billion monthly viewers alone whilst TikTok witnessed a meteoric rise in 2022. Now, YouTube is allowing creators to monetize their shorts, opening up a possibly lucrative channel for publishers. Victor Potrel, Vice President of Content Distribution at TheSoul Publishing explains more… From February …
The State of (Dis) Union: Insights from the WEF in Davos
The World Media Group is an alliance of leading, global media organizations united in providing trusted and renowned journalism. Here, WMG’s Chief Executive, Belinda Barker, offers a post-Davos wrap-up from some of the journalists who attended the recent World Economic Forum. A panel comprising the World Media Group’s top international journalists gathered in London earlier …
How publishers can weather the economic storm in H1
Video, audio, and gaming are all areas publishers need to explore and diversify into as economic storm clouds gather, says Lucy Zakrzewska, Director of Supply at Azerion. In doing so, it’s important that publishers optimize toward quality attention as, by doing so, these formats can drive up to 20 times higher attention than standard formats. …

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