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A paywall is under construction in Facebook's Instant Articles section where the social network has agreements with select outlets to publish directly to the platform, according to a story initially published online at TheStreet |

Facebook to test news story paywalls: report

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NBC News launches new broadcast on Snapchat

NBC News launches new broadcast on Snapchat

21 Jul 2017

Supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (not in the picture), the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, walk at dusk after attending their campaign rally at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi, Kenya, July 7, 2017.
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Kenya's social media election: attack ads and data mining

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Facebook launches Developer Circles Harare

Facebook launches Developer Circles Harare

13 Jul 2017

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the F8 summit in San Francisco, California on 25 March 2015. Zuckerberg introduced the Messenger platform at the event. On Tuesday, 11 July 2017, Facebook announced that Messenger would soon be hosting ads on its home screen |

Ads heading for Messenger home screens globally

12 Jul 2017

US newsstands are increasingly rare as readers turn to online platforms for information |

US newspaper group assails Google-Facebook online 'duopoly'

11 Jul 2017

Ajay and Atul Gupta.
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Bell Pottinger's wicked Wiki ways

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Social media should no longer be managed by junior employees

Social media should no longer be managed by junior employees

Ima Peter 6 Jul 2017

Integrated Nigerian campaign delivers for Johnnie Walker

Integrated Nigerian campaign delivers for Johnnie Walker

6 Jul 2017

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Digitally impress through DOOH and social media blending

3 Jul 2017

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Two billion people building communities on Facebook every month

29 Jun 2017

Self-taught, spurred on by love: Senegal's star food blogger

Self-taught, spurred on by love: Senegal's star food blogger

28 Jun 2017

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Information overload fuels 'fake news': study

27 Jun 2017

Facebook to produce own TV series, games

27 Jun 2017

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Zuckerberg on Facebook's new mission statement

23 Jun 2017

Emeka Afigbo, Facebook’s head of platform partnerships for the Middle East and Africa.

Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge winners announced

22 Jun 2017

Facebook Africa's new forward-looking office space

Facebook Africa's new forward-looking office space

Jessica Tennant 22 Jun 2017

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Learnings from Facebook in Dublin

Lisa Steingold 19 Jun 2017

Social media and its role in investor relations

Social media and its role in investor relations

Noah Greenhill 12 Jun 2017

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Facebook, Google crack down on hate speech: EU

2 Jun 2017

Facebook, Instagram research into gender bias

Facebook, Instagram research into gender bias

2 Jun 2017

Rwanda to control presidential candidates' social media use

Rwanda to control presidential candidates' social media use

30 May 2017

Why you need design systems for social media

Why you need design systems for social media

Ernst Lass 26 May 2017

Fighting fake news flames

Fighting fake news flames

Oresti Patricios 25 May 2017

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Blowing out the walls

Gil Sperling 11 May 2017

Bloggers disrupting the media industry in Tanzania

11 May 2017

Ricky Wilson takes on the Abu Dhabi desert dunes as part of his 48 Hour Challenge

Etihad Airways throws down travel gauntlet with 48-hour stopover challenge

8 May 2017

#WTMA17: The fast changing world of influencer and social media marketing

#WTMA17: The fast changing world of influencer and social media marketing

Robin Fredericks 5 May 2017

Facebook hiring 3,000 people to screen out violent content

Facebook hiring 3,000 people to screen out violent content

4 May 2017

Twitter, Bloomberg team up for streaming news channel

Twitter, Bloomberg team up for streaming news channel

2 May 2017

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A paywall is under construction in Facebook's Instant Articles section where the social network has agreements with select outlets to publish directly to the platform, according to a story initially published online at TheStreet |

Facebook to test news story paywalls: report

21 Jul 2017

NBC News launches new broadcast on Snapchat

NBC News launches new broadcast on Snapchat

21 Jul 2017

Supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (not in the picture), the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, walk at dusk after attending their campaign rally at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi, Kenya, July 7, 2017.
Image:

Kenya's social media election: attack ads and data mining

17 Jul 2017

Facebook launches Developer Circles Harare

Facebook launches Developer Circles Harare

13 Jul 2017

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the F8 summit in San Francisco, California on 25 March 2015. Zuckerberg introduced the Messenger platform at the event. On Tuesday, 11 July 2017, Facebook announced that Messenger would soon be hosting ads on its home screen |

Ads heading for Messenger home screens globally

12 Jul 2017

US newsstands are increasingly rare as readers turn to online platforms for information |

US newspaper group assails Google-Facebook online 'duopoly'

11 Jul 2017

Ajay and Atul Gupta.
Image:

Bell Pottinger's wicked Wiki ways

10 Jul 2017

Social media should no longer be managed by junior employees

Social media should no longer be managed by junior employees

Ima Peter 6 Jul 2017

Integrated Nigerian campaign delivers for Johnnie Walker

Integrated Nigerian campaign delivers for Johnnie Walker

6 Jul 2017

Image supplied.

Digitally impress through DOOH and social media blending

3 Jul 2017

Image supplied.

Two billion people building communities on Facebook every month

29 Jun 2017

Self-taught, spurred on by love: Senegal's star food blogger

Self-taught, spurred on by love: Senegal's star food blogger

28 Jun 2017

(c) Vitaliy Vodolazskyy -

Information overload fuels 'fake news': study

27 Jun 2017

Facebook to produce own TV series, games

27 Jun 2017

Image courtesy of CNN

Zuckerberg on Facebook's new mission statement

23 Jun 2017

Emeka Afigbo, Facebook’s head of platform partnerships for the Middle East and Africa.

Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge winners announced

22 Jun 2017

Facebook Africa's new forward-looking office space

Facebook Africa's new forward-looking office space

Jessica Tennant 22 Jun 2017

Image source: Facebook

Learnings from Facebook in Dublin

Lisa Steingold 19 Jun 2017

Social media and its role in investor relations

Social media and its role in investor relations

Noah Greenhill 12 Jun 2017

(c) Illustration -

Facebook, Google crack down on hate speech: EU

2 Jun 2017

Facebook, Instagram research into gender bias

Facebook, Instagram research into gender bias

2 Jun 2017

Rwanda to control presidential candidates' social media use

Rwanda to control presidential candidates' social media use

30 May 2017

Why you need design systems for social media

Why you need design systems for social media

Ernst Lass 26 May 2017

Fighting fake news flames

Fighting fake news flames

Oresti Patricios 25 May 2017

Alphaspirit © –

Blowing out the walls

Gil Sperling 11 May 2017

Bloggers disrupting the media industry in Tanzania

11 May 2017

Ricky Wilson takes on the Abu Dhabi desert dunes as part of his 48 Hour Challenge

Etihad Airways throws down travel gauntlet with 48-hour stopover challenge

8 May 2017

#WTMA17: The fast changing world of influencer and social media marketing

#WTMA17: The fast changing world of influencer and social media marketing

Robin Fredericks 5 May 2017

Facebook hiring 3,000 people to screen out violent content

Facebook hiring 3,000 people to screen out violent content

4 May 2017

Twitter, Bloomberg team up for streaming news channel

Twitter, Bloomberg team up for streaming news channel

2 May 2017

Health brands use Instagram to become part of new cultural conversations

Health brands use Instagram to become part of new cultural conversations

Marilyn Dutlow Munga 28 Apr 2017

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Five ways for health and wellness brands to win on Instagram

Annabel Porter 21 Apr 2017

Director of connectivity programs, Yael Maguire at F8 event

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21 Apr 2017

Safrea unravels the fake news phenomenon

Safrea unravels the fake news phenomenon

Leigh Andrews 13 Apr 2017

Ugandan academic charged over Museveni 'buttocks' jibe

Ugandan academic charged over Museveni 'buttocks' jibe

11 Apr 2017

SouthAfricaIn3Words: one complex country, one complex hashtag

SouthAfricaIn3Words: one complex country, one complex hashtag

Andy Walker 10 Apr 2017

Creating effective ‘advertising' in the age of immediacy

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Nigel Hollis, Kantar 6 Apr 2017

Facebook's Johannesburg office moves premises as African growth accelerates

Facebook's Johannesburg office moves premises as African growth accelerates

5 Apr 2017

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Fake followers are a massive problem, as SA duo proves

Hadlee Simons 3 Apr 2017

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Why your social media marketing strategy isn't taking off

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