If you didn’t tune into the Emmys on Sunday, this is what you missed: Game of Thrones broke records, Tatiana Maslany’s win excited Canadians, and stars poked fun at Donald Trump. Actually, jokes made at the expense of the Donald were a major feature of the event. But...
Netflix spent more than $6 billion on original content last year, when it produced more of this type of content than HBO. That's a lot of content. All this entertainment goodness has attracted the attention of online news sources of all stripes, especially...
Facebook has come under fire again for the nature of trending stories showing up in people’s news feeds. With Facebook's algorithm now doing much of its content selection without human assistance, the expectation was that the platform’s automated choice of trending...
Over the last week, we saw a large increase in coverage of Mylan’s EpiPen price hike (approximately 30 articles for August 1st versus almost 7000 on August 25th) . But as interest swelled, the media also seemed to shift blame for the increase from first the company...
You probably know of a lot of people “going local” when shopping for produce and household goods, but did you know that many are also now “going local” for information about products and services? A recent survey by AMG Parade revealed that consumers across all...
More than just recognizable characters associated with a brand, today’s brand mascots seem to have lives of their own. Brand mascots such as the Aflac Duck and Geico’s Gecko may have made their first appearances on television, but have since moved on to social media....
With the release of Google’s new video calling app, Google Duo, the news media is abuzz with questions on the implications for competitor services such as Apple’s Facetime. But Laurie Sullivan of MediaPost recently posed a different question: “will the images and...
Last week, Germany’s women’s beach volleyball team defeated Egypt at the Rio Olympics. But what made the game newsworthy for many outlets was that one of Egypt’s players, Doaa Elghobashy, played in a hijab. Throughout Olympic history few women have competed while...
On top of the attention the IOC is receiving over its ban on Vines and GIFs, the Olympic Committee is also receiving criticism during these Games for its rules regarding trademark usage in hashtags. But some say the measures are necessary in order for the Olympic...
The London Olympics of 2012 were not only highly televised – some of its best moments were captured in GIFs. (GIF from Buzzfeed) China’s Liu Xiang hop to the finish line after injuring himself was rated by Buzzfeed as one of “the best GIFs of the London Olympics.”...
So you want to know how your company was reported on in the news over the course of a year? Then you likely also want to know how to tag these news articles based on trends, themes, issues or other elements that are important to you. Without tagging (otherwise knows...
At last week’s Suicide Squad premiere, director David Ayer made a mistake that generated a lot of Twitter buzz after being overheard repeating a fan’s yell of “F--Marvel.” Yet despite the Twitter buzz it generated, the topic has largely been ignored by online media...