How BBC News topped 20m Instagram followers – and why it has stayed away from TikTok
BBC News crossed 20m followers on Instagram in December – the first news account in the world to do so.…
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Social media and pandemic prompt demise of showbiz news agency WENN
Celebrity news agency World Entertainment News Network (WENN) has folded after 33 years, blaming the “perfect storm” created by social…
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Comment: News websites were wrong to publish footage of Arthur Labinjo Hughes abuse
Former national newspaper reporter Bethany Usher, now an academic at Newcastle University, argues it is time to rethink how crime…
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How to use social media to give B2B brands a boost
We provide some essential B2B social media marketing tips as part of a new series of how-to articles produced in…
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Four BBC journalists disciplined over social media guidelines which ban ‘virtue signalling’
Update 6 October 2021: Four BBC journalists were formally disciplined over their social media use during Tim Davie’s first year…
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Online Safety Bill: Peers ‘remain to be convinced’ protections for journalism are enough
Peers have warned they “remain to be convinced” that the draft Online Safety Bill will not stop journalistic content being…
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Journalism students now need training for ‘vile’ online abuse they will face, study finds
It is “necessary” to better prepare journalism trainees for the realities of increasingly “vile” online abuse they could face, according…
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Clubhouse for publishers: News outlets curious but not committed to social audio app as Twitter and Facebook line up rivals
The Clubhouse craze of early 2021 is over. And now, as the dust settles, publishers need work out whether the…
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