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Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
What’s New This Week?
Twitter Introduces Promoted Video: “After months of experiments and feedback from users and brands, we’re excited to announce a beta test of promoted video on Twitter!”
Facebook Launches New Cross-Device Reporting for Ads: The new feature lets “advertisers to see for the first time how people are moving between devices—across mobile apps and the web—before they convert.”
Pinterest Expands Self-Serve Promoted Pins Platform: “These partners are being selected primarily from those on the waitlist and also those that have been actively using Pinterest.”
Twitter Rolls Out New Features for Verified Users: Verified users are alerted “when another verified user follows them on both the Android and iPhone apps [and have] the option to view their verified followers from their own profile on Twitter for iOS only.”
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