• Facebook’s Adwords Move

    Facebook will be including sponsored stories into your News Feed. Plus: NBC to stream the Superbowl live on the Web, and Kindle Fire ad impressions are growing quickly. This and more on today’s Reading List.


  • Reading List: A Post-Banner Era?

    Union Square Ventures’ Andrew Weissman says we are entering a post-banner era. Plus: Forget about cord-cutting, what about the cord-nevers? Plus Twitter makes itself activist-friendly. This and more on today’s Reading List.


  • Why CPM Should Die

    The cornerstone metric for how online ads are bought is leading the industry astray, argues Socialvibe’s Mike Barbeau. Instead, the industry needs to embrace true measures of engagement.


  • Publishers Wary of Facebook Editions

    Facebook declared a new era a few months ago during its f8 conference, an era in which users would turn to social media to “Read, Watch, and Listen.” So far, most big publishers are waiting and seeing, fearful of Facebook becoming too powerful, or worse — just like AOL.


  • Reading List: Facebook Faces the FTC

    Facebook is looking at 20 years of privacy audits from the FTC. Plus: Zynga is no longer Silicon Valley’s darling and Apple faces decisions about what to do with iAds. This and more in today’s Reading List.