by NewsWhip | Aug 20, 2015 | Brands, Digital Journalism
We look at the engagement rates around Facebook’s brand new live video feature, and find that the initial wave were very popular. Earlier this month, Facebook announced that celebrities and other public pages would be able to stream live video directly to their...
by NewsWhip | Aug 13, 2015 | Digital Journalism
Our exclusive rankings of the biggest sites on Twitter in July show how publishers are doing on the platform, and what stories really got people tweeting during the month. In June, publishers at the top of our Twitter ranking saw a little stagnation in their...
by NewsWhip | Aug 11, 2015 | Digital Journalism
Rankings of the biggest sites on Facebook, the most engaged content on the platform, and full data for the top 25 sites in July 2015. Our last look at biggest Facebook publisher rankings in June stirred plenty of interest, with the arrival of some new (and, to many,...
by NewsWhip | Aug 5, 2015 | Digital Journalism
We look at how Twitter’s move to fold more structured news tab into the platform could work out very well. On Monday, we heard that Twitter users in the US would start seeing a new ‘news tab’ appearing in their apps. The new feature will shows...
by NewsWhip | Jul 23, 2015 | Digital Journalism
NewsWhip CEO Paul Quigley explains why use of social signals in the newsroom has become an essential part of newsrooms’ toolsets. Normally, any journalist would jump at the chance to be interviewed for the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR). As the pre-eminent...
by Aisling McMahon | Jun 4, 2015 | Digital Journalism
One Spike user, Irish radio station SPIN103.8, show us how they jump on trending stories that are perfect for their audience. When you have an endless amount of air time to fill, how do you find those nuggets of news first for your listeners? And how do you...
by NewsWhip | Jun 3, 2015 | Digital Journalism
In the absence of links, how do publishers approach Instagram? We look at some different uses, from native storytelling to brand promotion. Instagram can be a confusing platform for publishers.It specialises in images and short videos that don’t send users to...
by NewsWhip | May 14, 2015 | Brands, Digital Journalism
We look at Facebook engagement around the first ‘Instant Articles’ on Facebook. Yesterday saw the launch of Facebook’s long-anticipated ‘Instant Articles’. The new format sees a chosen group of publishers able to post media-rich articles...
by NewsWhip | May 12, 2015 | Digital Journalism
Do paywalls kill publishers’ chances of success on social media? It’s not that straightforward, as we find out… When today’s news about Verizon’s acquisition of AOL broke, the Wall Street Journal seemed best placed to tell the story. It...
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