The Realtime Report

JUNE 30, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Twitter, YouTube and Foursquare: Twitter. Related Stories Social Media News Ticker: Embed Tweets Within Tweets on Twitter, Instagram Expands Ads Outside U.S. Any social media updates that we missed?

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 9, 2013

Which news sites get the most engagement on their Google+ pages? It’s been a year since I took an early look at engagement rates for news organizations on Google+ , so I thought I’d revisit the topic and do a fresh comparison. 2 BBC News 147.34 5 The New York Times 94.39 6 Breaking News 75.56

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 4, 2014

Check out all the latest social media news from the last two weeks, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Foursquare: Facebook. Let us know in the comments below.

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Forbes Social Media

MAY 11, 2022

Elon Musk’s decision to delay reporting his 5% stake in Twitter could have saved him millions—but he’s fackign a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation as a result, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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Sprout Social

JULY 6, 2022

With 436 million monthly active users worldwide and 52% of Twitter users using the platform daily, Twitter has been the go-to platform for up-to-the-minute conversations and breaking news. And as a platform for conversations and customer care, it’s important to understand how to use Twitter for business in a meaningful way.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 9, 2014

Which US newspaper do you think is tops on Twitter? A new study by Searchmetrics reveals the leaders: The Washington Post, The New York Times and USA Today. New York Times (www.nytimes.com): 261,422 tweets per week. Wall Street Journal (online.wsj.com): 134,248 tweets per week.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction by Adam Sherk on November 3, 2009 With all the buzz about Twitter Lists I thought I’d take a look at how some major news sites are doing so far with their own Lists. Nice roundup.

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Laurel Papworth

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I spoke at Media140 Sydney – I want to highlight some of the “arguments&# used against social media by the panels, also focus on Everybody co-creating The Human Narrative and the diminishing role of journalists who take news from one part of the community and deliver it to another part: It’s not YOUR content. Or a Twitterer?

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Proactive Report

AUGUST 11, 2010

Two events held recently focused on the future of journalism and the education of journalists: The second World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC2) in South Africa and Journalism as News Providers: Challenges and Opportunities held in Denver. Teach students the open, collaborative approach to media and news.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

What are news organizations doing to increase user activity and engagement on their Facebook pages? Here are five good ideas for news media Facebook pages: 1) Use Geotargeting. It’s a good fit for broadcast too, as local news stations often share user comments from their Facebook pages (and Twitter) on the air.

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Proactive Report

OCTOBER 25, 2011

People today are always on the look out for new and faster ways to get their news. According the 2011 State of the Media report, not only do they want to be able to find it and get it fast, they also want to contribute to, and participate in, reporting the news. We analyze news and craft news releases every day.

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Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2011

Jim Brady on the Changes in News Consumption. Ten years ago the Internet was in its infancy and most people read newspaper and watched TV news. We were all accustomed to a 24-hour news cycle. Media companies are struggling to adapt to the new real-time 24.7 Follow me on Twitter and Facebook.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed by Adam Sherk on April 13, 2010 Now that site speed is officially a Google ranking factor, site performance and page load time are important for SEO as well as usability. So how well do major news sites perform in these areas?

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Devumi

JULY 14, 2017

The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University recently released their 6th annual Digital News Report. This highly respected journal looks at the global data for news consumption trends. The post 5 Things We Learned From the Annual Digital News Report 2017 appeared first on Devumi.

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The Realtime Report

JUNE 10, 2014

It’s the latest craze on Twitter: users hide cash, tweet clues about where to find it, and then leave instructions for the finders to “pay it forward.” However, CBS News reported yesterday that the man behind the original @HiddenCash account has been revealed. ” So what does all this mean for brands?

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Want to work for Twitter? The Twitter Moments’ feature showcases the best of the stories unfolding live on Twitter. It makes it easy for users to experience only-on Twitter conversations and get the most out of the platform, regardless of which accounts they follow or don’t. What do you think of them?

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SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

If I just spout out statements like “Facebook announces that it’s going to buy Twitter” or “Apple is discontinuing the iPad 1 due to iOS 5 crashes”, I might generate a bunch of SEO traffic and boost my readership, but what value did I actually provide to my readers by publishing unsupported facts?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? by Adam Sherk on October 6, 2010 It is safe to say that most news sites are now experimenting with various forms of user engagement and content promotion through social media. on their site).

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Social Email Marketing

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

news media PR 2.0 Radian6 slideshare Trackur Tweetranking.com Twitter. Tags: Research Social & PR crowdsourcing group blogs Holger Schmidt influencers journalism 2.0 But unfortunately journalists also often completely base themselves on.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting by Adam Sherk on January 11, 2010 The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD.

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Twist Image

JUNE 1, 2011

Can Twitter replace newspaper and magazine articles? Jeff Jarvis over at BuzzMachine has an excellent post about Twitter and its ability to deliver the news titled, The article as luxury or byproduct. In a world that is connected through new media platforms (like Twitter) everything changes.

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Proactive Report

MAY 7, 2014

A new report from the Indiana University School of Journalism shows how US jouranlist are using social media to report the news. journalists conducted during the fall of 2013, the new report updates previous findings and adds new ones concerning the role of social media in journalism. 40% of U.S. 40% of U.S.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Google saga today, as the Financial Times reports that discussions have taken place between News Corp and Microsoft on an exclusive deal with Bing that would lead to News Corp blocking its news sites (such as The Wall Street Journal ) from Google. – If You de-Index Will They Still Come? . Google-less?

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Calling itself “the social news and entertainment company,” BuzzFeed demonstrated last month that whatever the publisher’s formula may be, it’s working. Referrals from Twitter, Facebook and Google hit record highs; Facebook is easily in the lead, but referral traffic from Twitter grew 180% in the last year.

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Publishing Journal Statistics Wikipedia 191

Sherrilynne Starkie

JUNE 29, 2013

But little by little Twitter and Facebook have taken over the reader duties for me. I like that my online communities help surface the content that is most relevant to me and it seems to keep me up to date with news and events. Do you think that the Facebook Reader will provide you the news and information you need?

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 28, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 10 Quotes on the Apple iPad and the Business of News by Adam Sherk on January 28, 2010 Now that the first wave in the Apple iPad crazy-a-thon has past, I thought I’d do a quick round-up of what people are saying about the iPad from the perspective of the news media.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate by Adam Sherk on January 14, 2010 As the devastation and human tragedy caused by the Haiti earthquake grows, people are flocking to the news media for information, and more importantly to learn ways that they can help.

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Dave Fleet

JUNE 24, 2010

magnitude earthquake shook Quebec and Ontario and it looks like people ran to Twitter instead of diving for cover. Once again, social media beat traditional media to the punch (as if this is news nowadays), although mainstream outlets were quick to report the news shortly thereafter. Yesterday afternoon at 1:41pm EDT, a 5.0

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Sherrilynne Starkie

JANUARY 14, 2012

That was until last week’s relaunch which repositions the platform as a ‘smart journal’ for use on smart phones. Path, available for iOS and Android devices, also integrates with Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and Tumblr to allow cross-posting to the social networks. LinkedIn’s new personal news service.

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Twist Image

MAY 10, 2011

Twitter is mainstream. It was another week of Twitter getting mainstream media accolades as news of Osama Bin Laden taking one in the head from the Navy's elite SEAL Team Six unit lit the Social Media channel afire with chatter. Twitter is all about breaking news. Twitter is an agnostic publishing platform.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 14, 2013

4: Who’s on a Washington Business Journal list? This happened this past Friday, when I found out I’d been included (at #3) on a Washington Business Journal list of “ 10 CEOs to follow on Twitter.” Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Can I Have a Word? I had no idea this was in the works.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? by Adam Sherk on August 4, 2010 The new Digg has gotten a lot of attention for the opportunities it creates for publishers (see ReadWriteWeb and BlueGlass for details).

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Buffer Social

MAY 4, 2022

Expand on your brand’s values and goals Oftentimes, Twitter threads or Instagram Stories may not feel like the right platform for when you want to write a deep dive into your company’s mission. Documenting their journey Blogs offer the perfect medium for customers to catch up with important news and updates from brands.

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Socialized

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

If you’re relying on Twitter as your social media hub, you’re limiting your potential for impact and influence. Twitter is excellent for distribution , but if you’re going to communicate original ideas, you’ll need a blog (or something similar). A blog is less dominated by spam than Twitter. Guy Kawasaki.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 5, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook by Adam Sherk on April 5, 2010 A new baseball season is underway and we are in that wonderfully brief period when fans all over the country still believe this could actually be the year for their team.

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Proactive Report

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Ten years ago the Internet was in its infancy and most people got their news from newspapers and TV and the public, journalists and PR people alike were all accustomed to a 24-hour news cycle. This has wrought some major changes in how journalist go about news gathering and reporting.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

APRIL 20, 2013

AT a recent IABC Ottawa professional development event, speaker Melissa Carroll, the person behind the Montreal Police Service ’s (SPVM) Twitter account during the 2012 student protests against tuition fee increases, explained that social media can really move people. It turns out that Twitter was the perfect channel for the task.

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