Remotely Entertaining SXSW: Axios' Mike Allen Keeps It Short - Mike Allen, cofounder and executive editor at Axios, is perhaps best known for his "Top 10" newsletters sent out each morning and night. The man who helped put Politico on the map spoke wi... ow.ly/VDDX50gPIDL

Scientology TV Is Not Ready for Prime Time - The Church of Scientology debuted its surprise TV network on Monday night, but it's certainly not ready for prime time. "We are not here to preach to you, convince you or convert you," church leader David M... ow.ly/d5dc50gPYRN

Remotely Entertaining SXSW: Helping Brands Decode VR, AR, Video Games and Esports - Big brands pull out all the stops to get attention at SXSW. But when it comes to deciding how to be memorable the rest of the year, things can get tricky. That's the d... ow.ly/Qwxi50gQs4D

The Mobile Revolution Will Be Monetized - When I returned in February after four years away, they had multiplied, innumerably. I saw them at chai stands and tin-roofed restaurants, laid on tables between plates of rice and masala dosa; on the seats of... ow.ly/j2pK50gQEcD

Bitcoin Drops as Google Bans Crypto Advertisements - Bitcoin slumped to the lowest level in more than a month after Google said it will ban online advertisements promoting cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings. Industry officials also said at a ... ow.ly/3P6C50gQVc5

Remotely Entertaining SXSW: The Future of Weed Marketing - The U.S. legal cannabis industry is headed for an all-time highand weed companies aren't the only brands that have new territory to explore. Faith Popcorn, futurist and founder of Faith Popcor... ow.ly/5W9i50gRb9R

Hearst's Troy Young on Publishing Amid Chaos: 'Facebook Doesn't Owe Me Anything' - Subscribe to us on iTunes, check us out on Spotify and hear us on Stitcher, Google Play and iHeartRadio too. This is our RSS feed. Tell a friend! It's been five years s... ow.ly/ZesU50gRy7P

After Its Chris Brown Ad, Rihanna Says Snapchat Is Not Her Fav App - Rihanna says she already was no fan of Snapchat, even before an ad on the app seemed to make a joke about her abuse by Chris Brown. And she used Instagram to make her feelings known.... ow.ly/2U3j50gROIc

New Election Means New Calls for Facebook, Twitter and Google to Answer Congress - Social media giants that have acknowledged Russians exploited their platforms ahead of the 2016 election face renewed bipartisan demands to explain to Congress what the... ow.ly/t0Rp50gS6vU

How Facebook Is Luring Media Partners to Its Planned Video News Hub - Facebook's latest media ambitions include long-form news programs, too. Details are starting to emerge about the news section Facebook has said it will build in its fledgling Watch ... ow.ly/q15Y50gSJVa

Facebook Suspends Trump Election Data Firm for Policy Breach - Facebook has suspended Cambridge Analytica, a data company that helped President Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election and which may have collected data from 50 million Facebook ... ow.ly/GGEi50gTD7S

Pinterest expands shopping ads for retailers - Retailers will soon find a wider selection of ads available to them on Pinterest. The visual search company is expanding its "Shopping Ads" feature, which was tested with a handful of retailers last year.... ow.ly/GEDe50gUz3n

Emotional fuel at SXSW - Brand activations at SXSW, considered by some the Super Bowl of experiential marketing, have shown yet again why experiential, once viewed as an ancillary piece of a client's marketing mix, has become the core. Experiential ma... ow.ly/QDct50gUPjI

Teen Stream: Five Gen Y'ers give us the inside dope on the way they use smartphones - MORGAN S. Location: Newark, New Jersey Age: 16 Continue reading at AdAge.com ow.ly/BYoU50gVvaX

Google details plan to fight fake news, from search to YouTube - Google says it is fighting fake news from its search results to YouTube with new programs that will focus on credible media sources and vetting breaking news. On Tuesday, the search gian... ow.ly/vLER50gVMGx

New Viewability Standards May Give Extra Credit to Ads That Play Longer - The ad industry's standards body wants help as it considers toughening the requirements to call digital ads "viewable" so they're more comparable with TV and other media. The Me... ow.ly/K1hI50gW4Ht

The hotel of the future is coming, and it's a little weird - .work-modal-content { background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px auto; Continue reading at AdAge.com ow.ly/hAcG50gWfeB

Google to sweeten publisher deals as tech woos media - Google is offering publishers more generous terms as part of a new subscriber tool, currying favor with the news industry at a time when Facebook is sending mixed signals to newspapers and magazin... ow.ly/Wayd50gWInn

Too little too late? Facebook to now audit developers for data abuse - Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday finally broke his silence about the abuse of data on the platform by Cambridge Analytica, promising to redouble efforts to safeguard user privacy after... ow.ly/jtPA50gWZc3

Mark Zuckerberg's 'half-measures' might not protect the data - Mark Zuckerberg promised to root out data delinquent developers, but not everyone is buying his newfound zeal for privacy. On Wednesday, Zuckerberg finally broke several long days of silen... ow.ly/CQGY50gXblR