Not everyone is a fan of the Facebook News Feed algorithm.  The algorithm ranks available posts that can display on a user’s News Feed based on various parameters known only to Facebook, and what the algo deems most relevant, the user might not. In a tacit acknowledgment of this problem, the company is now considering…

It’s a well-trodden hype cycle in the media industry. Some new technology comes along and starts to take off, publishers rush to invest, it falls dramatically short of expectations, and we all back off with renewed scepticism and a bruised bank balance. Some have been saying for a while that podcasting is heading down this…

While we have extensively covered the dangers of deepfakes and how they can affect news organizations, there are always two sides to a coin. Here’s a very different perspective. The Dalí planet. The Dalí Museum A visitor to The Dalí Museum in St Petersburg, Florida presses a doorbell beside a dark life-sized screen. A darkened figure…

This week we hear from Duncan Siegle, Portfolio Director at Mash Media. The 25-year-old B2B company publishes magazines and runs events for event organisers, and is just about to launch Making Publishing Pay, a magazine conference targeted specifically at small and medium sized publishers. See the full transcript here In the news roundup we discuss the…

JENNA Dewan is engaged to her boyfriend Steve Kazee. The 39-year-old dancer – who is pregnant with their first child – revealed the news on Instagram on Tuesday, sharing an image of her giant diamond sparkler. JENNA Dewan is engaged to her boyfriend Steve KazeeInstagramShe captioned a picture of the pair kissing, “A lifetime to…

The total audience on Instagram has surpassed that on Facebook globally for the first time, according to a new report.  The Social Media Trends Report for Q4 2019 by Socialbakers, which provides AI-powered social media marketing services, focuses on the organic performance of top 50 brands on Instagram and Facebook. It gets into details like…