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Facebook, eyeing TV dollars, rolls out new ad products

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 creative better-spent, dollars, india, million-active, new-advertising, san, silicon, spent-on-mobile, sunday, time-on-their, took-the-stage, user-social

By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc introduced a slate of new advertising products on Sunday, most of which are aimed at luring television advertisers onto the 1.5-billion user social network. Facebook is trying to convince advertisers, especially those who use video, that their dollars will be better spent on mobile platforms rather than on TV as users, especially millennials, spend more time on their phones than watching television

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Dutch website says it will trigger referendum on EU-Ukraine ties

September 27, 2015September 29, 2015 publisher dutch, europe, held-during, india, netherlands, time-on-their, user-social, website-said

By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch website said on Sunday it had garnered enough signatures to force the Netherlands to hold a non-binding referendum on the EU’s association agreement with Ukraine, in a move meant to signal popular dissatisfaction with Dutch European policy. “YOU did it, out of love for democracy in the Netherlands and Europe, and to send a signal to The Hague and Brussels,” the website told its readers in a post on Sunday evening. Any referendum is likely to be held during the Dutch presidency of the European Union, which starts in January.