What you need to know in advertising today
With its News Feed nearly saturated and advertising growth rates slowing down, Facebook knows it must look elsewhere to maximize profits.
That place increasingly appears to be Stories - the section that houses ephemeral photos and videos for 24 hours before they disappear.
Even with Stories already hot on Facebook's sister platform Instagram, however, the format is yet to take off on Facebook. So it won't be an easy sell.
To read more about why it'll be hard for Facebook to sell Facebook Stories, click here.
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