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Despite Instagram Sale Price Dropping 25% Since Facebook IPO, Deal Still Passes Fairness Review

Advertising Law -- Jan 18, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 1/21/2013

In This Issue: POM Loses Again to the FTC – Will Other Advertisers?; Instant Instagram Controversy; LASIK Providers Need Corrective Advertising; FTC Reports on Food Industry Marketing to Kids; Google, Viacom Accused of...more

How to Avoid Losing 25% of Your Customers Overnight

by James G. Gatto | Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 1/3/2013

According to a recent report, Instagram lost nearly 25% of its users (as tracked by AppData) nearly overnight. The cause is believed to be due to a very unpopular change to its Terms of Service....more

Instagram Retreats on Privacy Policy Change but Gets Sued Anyway

by Karen H Bromberg | Cohen & Gresser LLP on 12/28/2012

Photo-sharing app Instagram announced last Thursday, December 20, 2012 that it will withdraw one of its recent changes to the site's privacy policy following a public backlash. The withdrawn language explicitly permitted...more

Will The Instagram Fuss Cause A Shift For Brands On Social Media In 2013?

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 12/24/2012

By now, you have probably read the uproar caused by Instagram’s proposed change to the terms of service this week. On Monday, Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, added the following...more

Instagram Denies Intent to Sell Users’ Photos

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 12/20/2012

Instagram, the popular photo sharing social media program, announced new terms of service (TOS) on Dec. 17 that would allow the company to place users’ photos into ads without their knowledge and without paying them a penny....more

Facebook Fairness Hearing Back In The News

by Keith Paul Bishop | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 12/18/2012

Last August, the Department of Corporations approved the acquisition of Instagram, Inc. by Facebook, Inc. following a fairness hearing. See DOC Calls It Fair. According to this Los Angeles Times story by Salvador Rodriguez,...more

Despite Instagram Sale Price Dropping 25% Since Facebook IPO, Deal Still Passes Fairness Review [Video]

by LXBN on 9/10/2012

Facebook’s IPO and considerable slide since then have taken some of the luster off Instagram’s $1 billion sale to the social networking giant. To explain how things have changed and what that meant for the deal’s fairness...more

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Advertising Law -- Jan 18, 2013

How to Avoid Losing 25% of Your Customers Overnight

Instagram Retreats on Privacy Policy Change but Gets Sued Anyway

Will The Instagram Fuss Cause A Shift For Brands On Social Media In 2013?

Instagram Denies Intent to Sell Users’ Photos

Facebook Fairness Hearing Back In The News

Despite Instagram Sale Price Dropping 25% Since Facebook IPO, Deal Still Passes Fairness Review [Video]

Despite Instagram Sale Price Dropping 25% Since Facebook IPO, Deal Still Passes Fairness Review [Video]

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