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The One Club Launches Newsfeeder To Feature Most Creative Facebook Posts By Brands

David Cohen — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:53:12 +0000

Creativity is key for brands on Facebook seeking to stand out from the pack, and The One Club, a nonprofit organization aimed at promoting excellence in advertising and design, created a hub for the most creative posts by brands on the social network: Newsfeeder.

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How Has Facebook Changed News Delivery?

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:57:02 +0000

When Facebook introduced its redesigned News Feed, it did more than change how people view memes and photos of cats — it altered the way stories are seen. Now everyone can make news. But for those who make a living by spreading news, Facebook has changed the way stories are presented. Dean Praetorius, a senior editor with The Huffington Post, talked with AllFacebook about how the way news is presented on Facebook requires some changes to the traditional approach.

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Facebook Actually Does Help Deliver News

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:54:55 +0000

Maybe Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s comparison of News Feed to a personalized newspaper wasn’t too far off. According to the Pew Research Center’s State of the News Media 2013 report, Facebook is a key way that news outlets such as The Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, and Yahoo reach their readers. The report notes that major U.S. news sites get an average of 9 percent of their traffic from Facebook, compared with 4 percent when measured 15 months ago.

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Facebook And A Pixar Artist Are Trying To Reinvent Emoticons

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:03:19 +0000

Facebook has been trying to rethink emoticons. First, it placed them in status updates, but now it wants to go a little deeper. BuzzFeed reported Friday that Facebook has turned to a Pixar artist (as well as the work of Charles Darwin) to create new emoticons that really get in touch with how people feel.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg To Host Fundraiser For N.J. Gov. Chris Christie

David Cohen — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:56:02 +0000

Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will host a fundraiser for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at his home in Palo Alto next month, BuzzFeed reported.

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NewsWhip: Huffington Post Killing It On Facebook

Jennifer Moire — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:04:02 +0000

The mark of a successful news story in the Facebook era is what happens after a reader is finished with it. Enter NewsWhip, which compiled a list of the top “social monster” websites, which are are killing it as measured by Facebook interactions. BuzzFeed — which scored a spot on the list despite being a relative newbie to the scene — has all the details, including a handy infographic showing that The Huffington Post, the U.K.’s The Daily Mail, and Yahoo are leading the pack.

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Journalists Note Facebook’s Role In 2012 Election

Jennifer Moire — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:57:59 +0000

Some of the premier journalists of the 2012 election cycle joined CNN Political Director Mark Preston for a Facebook Politics Live panel discussing the role that Facebook and other social media channels play in their coverage. The journos were part of a series of live-streamed interviews and discussions from the University of Denver’s DebateFest held before Wednesday night’s first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

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Did Chick-Fil-A Create The Facebook Profile Of Abby Farle?

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:33:33 +0000

Not long after Atlanta-based fast food restaurant Chick-Fil-A was grilled on Facebook for its stance on gay marriage, the company is under fire again for its use of the social network. Various outlets reported that Chick-Fil-A opened a Facebook account as a teenage girl named Abby Farle as a way to argue claims in a post on the restaurant’s Facebook page, but a Chick-Fil-A spokeswoman told AllFacebook that this is false.

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Report: Facebook Testing Feature That Allows Offsite Ads To Be Shared

David Cohen — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:03:10 +0000

Facebook continued its focus on presenting marketers with more options by testing a new offering that allows advertisers to use open graph to enable sharing of non-Facebook ads on the social network.

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