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• Fullscreen’s George Strompolos Chastises Facebook For Stolen Video Content
• The Newspaper From ‘Harry Potter’ Inspired Facebook’s Auto-Play Videos

  According to Fortune, the 'Daily Prophet' newspaper in the 'Harry Potter' films was the inspiration behind Facebook’s auto-play video feature.

  
• Facebook Introduces Animated GIFs For Users, But Not Brands

  Facebook now shows users’ animated GIFs in news feeds, but brands are not able to display the looped media format on their pages.

  
• Brands Won’t Buy YouTube, Facebook Ads Without Better Viewability Testing

  Sites like YouTube and Facebook, who don’t allow third-party tracking systems, are losing out on ad dollars from brands wary about viewability reporting.

  
• Facebook Gives Its Publishers Better Mobile Access With “Instant Articles”
• Facebook Partners With Vice, CollegeHumor To Launch Branded Content Initiative Anthology
• Facebook Now Gets Four Billion Video Views Every Day
• Facebook To Make Video Pitch To Advertisers Right Before The NewFronts
• Facebook Launches Riff App To Experiment With Collaborative Videos, Compete With Snapchat, Vine
• Facebook To Make Its Videos Embeddable
• Facebook Will Earn $3.8 Billion From Video Ads By 2017
• Facebook, Turner Sports To Stream March Madness Bracket Selection