by NewsWhip | Jul 2, 2014 | Other
Our new infographic shows the rise in sharing of news on Facebook in 2014, along with the biggest stories, sites, most popular categories, top tips, and more. Every day, we track countless shares, likes and comments on up to 250,000 stories being shared on Facebook....
by NewsWhip | Jun 26, 2014 | Digital Journalism
A new study of Spike data reveals that sharing activity on a story within the first hour of publication can indicate exactly how viral that story is going to become over the next 24 hours. Earlier this month, a 16-year-old lost his finger while dancing at a rave in a...
by NewsWhip | Jun 17, 2014 | Other
May saw steady growth for many publishers on Twitter, with the New York Times becoming the second site globally to break the 2m monthly tweets mark. For others, it was a less noteworthy month. After last week’s look at the biggest Facebook publishers of 2013,...
by NewsWhip | Jun 11, 2014 | Other
We’re back with the big Facebook publishers of last month, with a detailed breakdown of the interactions that the top 25 publishers received in May. First, here are the top 10 Facebook publishers of May, ranked by total shares of articles published that month:...
by NewsWhip | Jun 9, 2014 | Digital Journalism
NewsWhip tracks the spread of all content on social media. This is a frothy space, with dramatic increases in the volume of content being shared, and the corresponding traffic coming to publishers and brands from that content. Here, we try and explore where we are in...
by NewsWhip | Jun 4, 2014 | Digital Journalism
Holly Moore is an editor at Nation Now, a new USA Today project to provide national news coverage to Gannett Media’s local outlets across the US. We chatted to her about working in a digital newsroom and how the team uses different tools and methods to find...
by NewsWhip | May 21, 2014 | Other
We look at Twitter’s biggest publishers of April 2014, with full top 25 breakdown. April was a busy month for international news and tech. Crisis in Ukraine, elections in India, prominent deaths, net neutrality, Heartbleed and more all led to extensive coverage...
by NewsWhip | May 19, 2014 | Other
We look at how to maximise your Spike experience with alerts. One of the best things about Spike is its real-time information on what stories are trending in your area of interest, right now. We’re constantly getting the freshest social data around up to 250,000...
by NewsWhip | Apr 30, 2014 | Brands
Effective posting on Facebook can do wonders for your social engagement. We look at some simple tips to help improve your posts. Every month, we see stories that have huge success on Facebook. While a good fan-base helps in spreading your stories on Facebook,...
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