There appears to be no stopping the Daily Mail online. It looks to be planning world domination of the English speaking world as it takes the wraps off of an Indian version of the Mail Online.
Having launched in the US last year, it can’t be long now before it will be able to claim to be the world’s largest newspaper website. Read More
Dailymail.co.uk and Guardian.co.uk are the most visible UK newspaper web sites on social networks such as Facebook, StumbleUpon and Twitter, according to some new figures.
The Mail averages about 2.9m links per week, while the Guardian is linked about 2.5m times per week, according to a study by Search metrics. The Telegraph (0.88m links), Independent (0.61m) and the Sun (0.2m) rounded out the top five. Read More
The press Gazette has the story about the launch of the Daily Mail’s entry into comment market with a section, called RightMinds.
Love the name and the fact that it has a big picture of Richard Littlejohn on its homepage. Read More
As executives from Facebook, Twitter Blackberry manufacturer, Research in Motion, today meet with Home Secretary Theresa May to discuss the riots in England can we be clear here and say clearly that the idea of switching off social networks in the event of riots or social unrest is a ridiculous non-starter. It should not be entertained in anyway shape or form. Could you imagine the government also suggesting a media blackout?
It shows more than anything that the government having been initially slow to respond as the riots started, flailing around for a national response, is out of touch. Read More
Having beefed up its communications team Twitter is on the hunt for a PR agency and is said to be in talks with a mix of large and small agencies with offices in New York, Ad Age reports.
The move follows the appointment of Sean Garrett, Twitter’s VP of communications, who joined Twitter last year. He is overseeing the search. Read More
There are two faces to social networks emerging in the few days since the riots in London began.
While sections of the media continue to point the blame at Twitter for fuelling the riots, with The Sun calling for Twitter rioters to be “nailed”, there is a much stronger trend that has emerged over night.
In opposition to looters using social networks community groups have taken back the initiative as the hashtag #riotcleanup becomes the UK’s number one Twitter trend as people started to come together to organise. Already more than 67,000 have joined social networking groups on Twitter and Facebook. It is already showing the signs of becoming a movement.
The Metropolitan Police are also using the web to publish pictures of rioters as are bloggers calling on people to identify those responsible.
UPDATE – A brilliant picture from Clapham below showing the power of the #Riotcleanup (see pic below).
It is also being reported that the Police in Glasgow have detained a 16 year old in Glasgow on suspicion of attempting to incite a riot by a message on Facebook.
Ebay has said it will cooperate fully with the investigating authorities to identify and remove any listings which are linked to criminal activity
The Daily Mail and the Sun newspapers have pointed the blame in part at Twitter for fuelling the weekend riots and looting in Tottenham, Enfield, Brixton and elsewhere in London.
UPDATE – Blackberry has issued a statement (see below) on Twitter to say it is working with the authorities. Read More
As we wrote back in April the MailOnline has speeded by the Huffington Post to become the world’s second largest digital ‘newspaper (The anatomy of a Daily Mail homepage).
Associated Newspapers did this partly by taking Huffpo’s clothes and by ensuring that the MailOnline bears little relation to its printed counterpart. Just take a look at today’s two covers. They are worlds apart. Read More
Interesting report on Journalism UK about News International possibly rethinking its closed, anti-social media or iron curtain, approach to its paywall. The Sun had been due to follow same paywall model employed by The Times and the News of the World.
Anyone who reads this blog regularly will know I think this is the equivalent to shooting yourself in the foot. I mean, seriously, why do it? Why have a paywall that cuts you off from the social media conversation? Read More
UPDATED 0900 The identities of a number of high profile celebrities, who are said to have taken out super-injunctions to block the media from reporting details of their private lives, have been revealed on Twitter and shared with tens of thousands of users.
Two of those named, socialite and celebrity political activist, Jemima Khan, and TV sports presenter, Gabby Logan, have denied they have taken out super-injunctions.
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