1. On Wednesday, Facebook announced the rollout of Watch, what it is calling “a new platform for shows on Facebook.” It’s yet another foray by the social media.
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Facebook's New Watch Tab Does Not Look Like a You. Tube Killer at All. On Wednesday, Facebook announced the rollout of Watch, what it is calling “a new platform for shows on Facebook.” It’s yet another foray by the social media company from the business of distributing other people’s content into producing and licensing its own, and differs from its existing video content in that it looks a lot like Netflix or You. Tube’s apps. Watch content will be “produced exclusively for it by partners,” who will take 5. That content will be spread via channels like “Most Talked About” or “What’s Making People Laugh” categories that will be determined by how users interact with it. Watch will offer both a live comment feed where users can interact with the wider Facebook audience—something that already exists with Facebook Live streams—and the ability to “participate in a dedicated Facebook Group for the show.”Here’s a few shots of what it will look like on various formats, as shown in the press release. It definitely looks slick and polished, but even this initial glimpse hints that Watch is not the You.

Tube or Snapchat killer Facebook wants it to be. Facebook’s launch programming for the new video section is, uh, not exactly the A- list talent one might think a company worth hundreds of billions of dollars could secure. It includes Nas Daily, a show from a guy who quit his job to make one- minute travel videos “together with his fans from around the world” (a preview clip is titled “We Bought 1. Burgers”); a live show where motivational speaker Gabby Bernstein will interact with Facebook users; a cooking show where children will attempt to make a recipe; and in probably Facebook’s biggest grab, one live game of Major League Baseball a week. Another show mentioned in the launch is Returning the Favor, where host Mike Rowe “finds people doing something extraordinary for their community, tells the world about it, and in turn does something extraordinary for them.” Yet another focuses on “the passion and community of big- time high school football in Texas.”There’s a few more interesting options, like a NASA science show, and a live Nat Geo Wild safari program. Watch The Rough House Online. But none of this seems particularly edgy or hard- hitting.

It’s the definition of safe. This is the kind of generic filler that forms so much of You. Tube’s bread and butter—but if that’s all they have lined up, what could possibly lure people from You. Tube itself, which has long been pumping out much more interesting content tailored to virtually every niche interest and community?

Facebook’s content strategy is almost certainly to prove functionality and its ability to drive users to the service, and then try to lure other content producers to the service. But like a number of Facebook products before it, it’s unclear why publishers would want to use the platform. For example, Facebook Live already allows publishers to stream content like protests or post- Game of Thrones commentary live to their pages. They can also push regular video content wherever they want without an exclusive deal, whether it’s Facebook, Twitter or You.

The Star Labs team will be shocked as Harrison Wells from Earth 2 arrives. Sean Spicer was on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night for an excruciating 20 minutes of bullshit. Kimmel asked him about everything from his infamous claims about.

Tube, and all three of these channels can be embedded elsewhere. Another goal could be to compete with Snapchat, which lots of publishers have started using to push short- form video content.

But it’s not clear how Watch will get those users to return by replicating some of Snapchat’s functionality, especially since the latter company’s video content tends to be in reality or unscripted formats which seem nicely in tune with its overall aesthetic. This looks a lot like Facebook’s attempt to push publishers into the same kind of walled garden they built with Instant Articles.

Large sections of the media were spooked it was a prelude to Facebook choking off traffic to other websites—why would Facebook let you link out when they can force you to live in the garden, right?—but the concept has stalled somewhat, as Instant wasn’t driving enough additional traffic to offset its lower advertising revenue. Facebook has a tendency to build platforms it just loses interest in. Instant is still around, but in a diminished role as Facebook tweaked its algorithm to drive users to friends’ posts, video content and most recently another story format to compete with Snapchat. In the past few days, it’s killed off its standalone Facebook Groups app and Lifestage, a “high schoolers only” Snapchat knockoff that ended up ranked #1,3. App Store’s social media category. It’s certainly possible Watch will help Facebook swallow more and more of the internet into its ever- expanding gullet. But supplying a nice- looking video platform does not automatically create demand, and Facebook has repeatedly stumbled to create a business model that will keep both users and publishers inside of it instead of clicking out.

We’ll see. No word on whether Donald Trump’s “real news” program will get a slot, but we doubt it.[Facebook]* Correction: Wednesday, not Tuesday.

Watch Sean Spicer Continue to Make Excuses For the President's Shitty Tweets. Sean Spicer was on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night for an excruciating 2.

Kimmel asked him about everything from his infamous claims about inauguration crowd size to President Trump’s tweeting habits. And it’s honestly painful to watch. Watch Un Conte De Noel Download Full more. There’s clearly an effort by Spicer to become more likable now that he’s not constantly lying on behalf of President Trump. But Spicer is loyal to the end, and can’t help but constantly make excuses for Trump’s always ridiculous and often dangerous behavior. Kimmel pressed Spicer on his lies, just as he should have, at times mocking just how bad President Trump is at his job. But Spicer wasn’t having it.

He’s clearly uncomfortable about acknowledging just how awful President Trump treats both the country and those around him. You can watch the full interview on You. Tube, though I wouldn’t recommend doing so during breakfast.“So when the president would tweet, did you have an alert on your phone?” Kimmel asked at one point during the 2.

Yes,” Spicer said sincerely to laughs from the audience.“Did he ever run a tweet by you before tweeting it?” Kimmel asked.“Ahhh.. I don’t believe.. Spicer said.“Did you ask him to?” Kimmel asked.“To run them by? No,” Spicer said incredulously.“Did it ever like wake you up in the middle of the night?” Kimmel continued.“I think there are times when you wanted to go to bed and it was gonna be a longer night, or you would get up and the first thing.. Spicer said. Later, Kimmel asked Spicer about his constant drumbeat of crying “fake news” and Spicer whined about how journalists go on Twitter and “perpetuate myths.”“Wait a minute, the journalists go on Twitter and perpetuate myths?” Kimmel shouts to laughs. How about the president?”But Spicer stuck to his lines.“You can look at a set of facts and come out with one opinion, but someone else can say the facts are the same here and I come out with a different conclusion,” Spicer said in an attempt to explain away his repeated lies at the podium.“So if I were to say to you, I’m sitting on a horse right now..” Kimmel said.“Well, you’re not,” Spicer said.“Right! Exactly!” Kimmel shot back.

By the end Kimmel clearly couldn’t help but have open disdain for Spicer’s excuses. And he flatly asked whether President Trump even wanted the job he currently holds.“Do you think Donald Trump wants to be president?” Kimmel asked near the end of the interview.“Absolutely,” Spicer continued.“You do, really?” Kimmel laughed as the audience scoffed. So best of luck to Mr. Spicer on his redemption tour.

You don’t get to constantly lie on behalf of the worst president in modern history and get to reinvent yourself as the affable goof. Kimmel didn’t let Spicer get away with anything. And hopefully future interviewers do the same thing to this accomplice in the destruction of all the things that make America worth loving.