Posts made in April, 2015

on Apr 26, 2015

By Gillian West England footballer Kyle Walker has taken to Facebook to rebut claims he is linked to an explicit video doing the rounds of social media, threatening legal action against internet trolls connecting him to the footage. Writing on his Facebook page the 24-year-old said he wasn’t going to comment on the rumours but felt the need to “set the record straight”. “I am aware of a video being shared on social media and am disgusted by the suggestion that it’s anything to do with us. With so many young people on social media I am horrified that content of that nature Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Apr 26, 2015

By Gillian West Channel 4 and Channel 5 have been giving more airtime to the Conservatives than other broadcasters according to research from Cardiff University. The university’s ongoing election coverage survey, which examined bulletins on Channel 5 at 5pm, Channel 4 at 7pm and 10pm on the BBC, ITV and Sky News, found Channel 4 and Channel 5 had given Conservative party voices about a third of election coverage airtime in their main news bulletins. The BBC and Sky News also featuring Conservative sources speaking for longer than other parties during flagship news shows. ITV, however, was found to give more airtime Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Apr 26, 2015

By Gillian West Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN’s human rights chief, has criticised the Sun for allowing Katie Hopkins to describe migrants as ‘cockroaches’ in a recent column in the newspaper. The UN high commissioner for human rights pointed out that both the Nazis and those behind the genocide in Rwanda had also used the word ‘cockroaches’ before and asked for the UK government, media and regulators to show greater respect for national and international laws on curbing incitement to hatred. He said to the press that Hopkins’ language was “clearly inflammatory and unacceptable especially in a national newspaper” adding that the Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Apr 25, 2015

By Seb Joseph Social music network Tunepics has launched on the Apple Watch, snatching the claim to be the “first British social app app” on the wearable. The social network debuted last year and encourages users to post “moments” – a combination of a music track alongside their favourite picture. Billed as a social network for the “Snapchat generation”, Tunepics move to the smart watch expands its offering around personalised content. Fans can use the watch’s “Force Touch” feature to share insights into their mood such as whether they are “singing” or “dreaming” by their post by pressing down on the watch face. Additionally, Tunepics fans Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Apr 25, 2015

By Seb Joseph Words by Jennifer Faull and Seb Joseph If you want social success you need to have scale or be niche (for now) Publishers cannot have their cake and eat when it comes to maintaining scale and niche audiences on social networks. Speaking at The Drum’s Media Slap event, The Telegraph’s director of digital media, Malcolm Coles, said its growth on Facebook can be split into two strategies; driving scale or becoming niche. For the Telegraph, scale success is driven by likes, of which it has 2.17m in the UK, and how they’re used to secure engagement and shares. Coles said the key question Read full story › Source: The Drum...