Ukraine information war: False claims spread on Twitter, Facebook, RT and Sputnik
One week into the Russian war on Ukraine, a Press Gazette analysis has found that almost three quarters of fake…
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Why Sky News, unlike the BBC, is embracing TikTok and Snapchat
There is no need to “dumb down” hard-hitting news for TikTok and Snapchat, according to the head of digital output…
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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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How CNN anchor Max Foster has ended up feeling like an ‘ambassador for news’ on TikTok
CNN anchor Max Foster joined TikTok in late 2019 with no professional strategy in mind – he only planned to…
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GB News says it is seeing ‘incredible trajectory’ online as 3.7m tuned in over first month
GB News reached about 3.7m viewers on linear TV in its first month on air – just over a quarter…
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Quintopoly? Five tech companies now earn 46% of global ad revenues as news media left behind
Five tech companies today account for nearly half of the world’s advertising revenue, a report has found. Google, Facebook, Alibaba,…
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Platform profile: A guide to TikTok for publishers (featuring ‘Washington Post TikTok guy’)
Viral video platform TikTok has more than 100m monthly users in the US, and another 100m across Europe. And it…
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BBC’s Sophia Smith Galer on TikTok fame and why she’s ‘flummoxed’ more publishers don’t copy Washington Post’s ‘Dave’
BBC journalist Sophia Smith Galer has revealed she was once followed home after being recognised in the street as a…
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