Threads has been live for a little under a year. While it has undoubtedly made some progress, it has failed to become the hub of online conversation in the way Twitter once was. Even with the problems since Elon Musk took over, Tweets are still quoted in the news and used by senior figures as […]
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Don Lemon has announced that Elon Musk has cancelled a partnership with his new show on Twitter. The decision apparently came after an interview by the former CNN anchor. Kara Swisher seems to have got the scoop. (She was interviewed by Lemon at a recent book tour event which was later published as a podcast.)
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It is pretty clear now that the Twitter many of us used, and some of us liked, is dead and not coming back. That’s not just because of the ridiculous name change. Elon Musk killed it and it seems like he is doing it deliberately. I barely use it any more and the data suggest
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What should publishers be looking to change in 2023? Journalist, lecturer and trainer Adam Tinworth has thoughts. Some of them are going to be controversial. He joins host Charlotte Henry to, amongst other things, urge SEO practitioners to give up their keyword spreadsheets, journalists to get off Twitter and everyone to be a bit more
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On this week’s “The Addition Podcast” I was joined by journalist and author Chris Stokel-Walker. We discussed and dissected everything that has gone on at Twitter since Elon Musk’s takeover. It’s been a pretty chaotic few months. We also looked at the growing level of scrutiny being directed at TikTok. The US is particularly nervous
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This week on The Addition Podcast, I was delighted to be joined by Mark Stenberg, senior media reporter at AdWeek. We discussed a variety of issues, including why publishers will pivot to video (again), the risk of traffic from Google dwindling, the importance of newsletters and events to connect with your audience, and whether independent publishers
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A new member of the anti-Apple coalition made themselves known on Monday – none other than Chief Twit Elon Musk. He tweeted that Apple was threatening to pull the Twitter app from the App Store and was not explaining why. (At the time of writing, he had not provided any evidence to back up his
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Digital rights campaigning organisation Open Rights Group (ORG) have called on Elon Musk to let Twitter be “opened up”. Following the billionaire’s purchase of the social media network, ORG Executive Director Jim Killock told The Addition: What Twitter really needs is to be opened up. There are increasing calls for social media to work like
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