Marketing
Facebook is Testing Video Subscriptions – The Week in Digital Marketing (so far) August 16th, 2019
YouTube
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/13/20803418/youtube-demonetization-appeals-pilot-program-creators
YouTube Testing Mega-Sized Thumbnails On Desktop Homepage, Much To Some Users’ Chagrin
Google
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-may-notify-webmasters-for-featured-snippet-penalties-28058.html?
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-chrome-will-soon-support-lazy-loading-at-the-browser-level/321211/
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-console-now-reports-on-more-types-of-structured-data/321073/
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-infinite-scroll-search-results-28033.html
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-my-business-hotel-services-amenities-28034.html
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-author-reviewers-overall-site-quality-28037.html
Facebook
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/14/20805928/facebook-closed-secret-public-private-group-settings
How Do We Help Keep Private Groups Safe?
https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/13/facebook-contractors-were-transcribing-messenger-voice-chats/
Facebook to Test Selling Premium Video Subscriptions
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-offers-news-outlets-millions-of-dollars-a-year-to-license-content-11565294575?mod=breakingnews
Instagram says growth hackers are behind spate of fake Stories views
You can now report a suspicious Instagram post and expect a certified U.S. fact-checker to verify it
https://mashable.com/article/instagram-opens-ar-effects-to-everyone/
Snapchat
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/13/snapchat-spectacles-3-price-release-3d-cameras.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/13/tech/snapchat-lens-creators/index.html
Twitter
https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/14/twitter-tests-dm-search/
BONUS ROUND!!
https://mashable.com/video/japan-robot-priest/
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/tiktoks-parent-company-bytedance-is-launching-a-search-engine/320773/
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-parent-company-acquires-tumblr-for-shockingly-low-sum/320979/
