24 Hours in Police Custody helps Channel 4 treble Youtube views October 28, 2024 Channel 4 has tripled its UK Youtube full-episode views in 2024 as the broadcaster accelerates its social media strategy to capture new audiences. The British network’s social output has reaped 1.8bn views so far this year, driven by soaring Youtube audiences. Total views of Channel 4 content on Youtube are up 43 per cent from [...]
London Stock Exchange Group sacks US staff member over ‘racist’ video October 18, 2024 The London Stock Exchange Group has sacked one of its staff after a “concerning video” was shared online. In a Linkedin post, the FTSE 100 firm said today it had been made aware of a video involving one of its US staff members and it had now fired the person. “You may be aware of [...]
Business leaders must seize the opportunities of the new media age October 2, 2024 Understanding the new media age is a must for bosses, argues Grayling CEO Heather Blundell Almost 30-years ago, in 1996, Bill Gates wrote his seminal essay, “Content is King,” examining the paramount importance of content in the digital era. The future he envisioned – a print press evolving into electronic online editions with deeper and [...]
When viral fame fades: From Binley Mega Chippy to the Spudman October 1, 2024 In March 2022, I visited fish and chip takeaway Binley Mega Chippy in my hometown of Coventry 10 minutes after it had opened for dinner, joining a growing queue of people snaking out across a tarmac car park on the side of a busy A road. A line of cars waiting for a parking spot [...]
Has Linkedin lost the plot? September 27, 2024 Over on Linkedin, people are exposing their nether-region-nasties purely for engagement, and that cannot be an expression of a healthy society
England captain Knight ‘sorry’ for blackface social media post September 23, 2024 England captain Heather Knight has been punished by the Cricket Regulator for a historic photo of the batter in blackface. The 33-year-old reportedly appeared in blackface in 2012 when a photo of her “at a sports stars themed party” was posted on a Facebook account. Knight: Truly sorry “I’m truly sorry for the mistake I [...]
Ofcom launches review as online news overtakes TV for first time September 10, 2024 Ofcom’s annual study shows that 71 per cent of adults in the UK now get their news online, just pipping the 70 per cent that get it on the box.
X-odus: Musk platform ‘distinctly not well received’ by marketers September 5, 2024 Marketers’ trust in Elon Musk’s X as an effective platform for advertising has plummeted since 2022, with advertisers anxious about the “brand safety” that the controversial social media channel offers. Approval ratings for the social media channel have plummeted to minus 21 per cent, down from plus 15 per cent just two years ago, according [...]
Telegram boss Pavel Durov charged: What next for social media moguls like Musk and Zuckerberg? August 29, 2024 Like his recent collection of topless Instagram photos, Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, is probably feeling slightly exposed right now under the scrutiny of global powers. He has just been charged by French authorities for allegedly allowing criminal activity to flourish on his platform. Durov has avoided jail time for now, out on a [...]
Pavel Durov: Telegram founder arrested over app’s alleged child protection failings August 26, 2024 Telegram has said its chief executive has "nothing to hide" after his arrest in France over the platform's alleged failings in moderating criminal activity, including the spread of child sexual abuse material.