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In episode 30 of the Marketing Mantra podcast, I'll be discussing the top 3 social media news stories in August 2019. 

From Tumblr getting sold to Autamattic Inc., the parent company of WordPress, for a fraction of what it was once worth, to Instagram suspending meme accounts with millions of followers, here are all the trending news stories in the world of social media marketing in the month of August.

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Top 3 Social Media News Stories in August 2019

1. Tumblr sold for 'less than $3 million' — six years after Yahoo paid $1.1 billion for it (Source: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-parent-company-acquires-tumblr-for-shockingly-low-sum/320979/)
2. Instagram suspends meme accounts with millions of followers (Source: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/instagram-purges-meme-accounts-shutting-down-pages-with-millions-of-followers/319053/)
3. Twitter reveals that tweets with video attract 10x more engagement (Source: https://business.twitter.com/en/blog/creating-video-content-with-your-phone.html)

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