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Barbie dominates August brand coverage

NewsWhip

We see an example of this every Thanksgiving with a story about a grandmother accidentally inviting a stranger to dinner , which goes viral each year because they’ve kept their tradition alive. The story originally totaled over 1.4

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How Reach uses NewsWhip to stay on top of the news cycle

NewsWhip

local-focused websites like the Manchester Evening News , Leicestershire Live and national outlets like the Daily Star , Daily Express and Daily Mirror – with the latter regularly being one of the top three publishers on Facebook in the world. If there’s one thing Reach Plc has, it’s, well, reach. including magazines like OK!

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Ahead of the Academy Awards, Marketing Wisdom From the ‘Barbie’ Blockbuster

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This “Barbie” garners media The film’s PR tactics generated immeasurable earned media coverage across varied outlets, from local TV to national outlets like The New Yorker , The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN and the BBC. But shared media was where Barbie shone brightest. He’s just Ken.”

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2020 presidential race coverage: the top stories, websites, and themes

NewsWhip

We wanted to dig a little deeper into what kind of content was going viral about each candidate, and who was writing the most viral stories about them, so we categorized the top 1,000 stories since May for each. . In particular, his clearing of a square filled with protestors to visit a local church was widely criticized. .

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August Publisher Rankings

NewsWhip

We’ve seen local stories go hyper-viral before, as the most shared story in Q1 was a warning about a suspected predator in an unspecified area in Texas. There were slightly fewer stories than normal from big, traditional publishers in the top fifteen stories this month, with a number of viral feel-good stories doing particularly well.

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These were the top publishers on Facebook in January 2020

NewsWhip

The latter of these is a viral site associated with feel-good content and spirituality that has been rising rapidly up our rankings in recent months. . This was driven by a number of different viral top stories. In second place was Fox News, though they were roughly equal with CNN, NBC, and Higher Perspectives. million and 5.7

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Meet BBC’s ‘Mr Safe’: New political editor Chris Mason’s pals joke he’s been like a 50-year-old since he was a student, he once considered being a bus driver and still subscribes to his local Yorkshire paper

Mark My Words

The news popped out while I was in a pub in Halifax, with no signal,’ Mason told his Twitter followers just earlier today, 24 hours after the big news broke that he would be taking on the biggest brief in British political journalism. . The new job is an immense privilege & responsibility and I’ll give it everything’ .

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