by NewsWhip | May 19, 2016 | Digital Journalism
We talk to the social media team at BILD, Germany’s biggest publisher, about how they’re targeting their readers on social media, and new platforms. As the biggest newspaper in Europe by circulation, BILD has long been a German media giant. And...
by NewsWhip | May 18, 2016 | Digital Journalism
We look at how US political news is shared and engaged with on Facebook. At NewsWhip, we’ve been tracking the performance of sites of all kinds for the last few years. That’s why we were keenly followed news last week around conservative news sites and...
by NewsWhip | May 12, 2016 | Digital Journalism
We take a look at how people are engaging with Facebook Reactions for 20 different publishers’ pages. We added Facebook Reactions to our database very recently, meaning that users can quickly find the stories provoking different reactions amongst readers. We...
by NewsWhip | May 9, 2016 | Digital Journalism, Interviews
How Upworthy are making social first videos for a wide audience online. Upworthy has pivoted in recent times to become a video-first operation, targeting Facebook users keen on watching feel-good stories in their news feeds. Recently, we saw numbers suggesting that...
by NewsWhip | May 5, 2016 | Digital Journalism
Our deep dive into the Guardian’s content output during March shows the type of numbers that the biggest publishers are seeing on their content on social media. With sites publishing more content to a more fractured audience on social media than ever before, it...
by NewsWhip | May 3, 2016 | Digital Journalism
We look at some examples of publishers using messaging apps to reach new readers and distribute content. In May 2016, what portion of your browsing day is spent on messaging apps? Probably a lot more than you did a few years ago. This chart from Business Insider...
by NewsWhip | Apr 25, 2016 | Digital Journalism
We take a look at the biggest social publishers in three major European markets: France, Sweden and Italy. News distribution on Facebook today means that readers across Europe are as likely to come across stories from BuzzFeed and the New York Times as their own...
by NewsWhip | Apr 19, 2016 | Digital Journalism
Mark Davies is a Global News Manager at the Associated Press in New York. Along with his colleagues, Mark is at the centre of the AP’s daily global news output every day. In this guest post, Mark explains how his team use NewsWhip Spike in their daily...
by NewsWhip | Apr 18, 2016 | Digital Journalism
We interview the Community Editor at the Economist, about the site’s social media strategy, and their experiments with messaging apps to reach new readers. The Economist is one of the most recognisable names in world media. Each week, the paper addresses a...
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TikTok turns to the US for engagement in Q3
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