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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/12/tanya-burr-vlogging-blogging-youtube

Tanya Burr: ‘Vlogs are like being inside someone’s house. It’s an insight into people’s lives’

This article tells us about how Vlogs introduce the audience inside the lives of vloggers. 

• what first gave you the idea to start vlogging?
  Well, back in 2009, I loved the idea of being a makeup artist, so went to college in my home town, Norwich, to learn. They’d just started uploading tutorials on to the internet, mainly to help students – how to do a smoky eye, stuff like that. They told me I should start a YouTube channel as a creative outlet, to practise makeup looks and get people’s opinions. That’s how it all started. 
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• You have 2.9 million YouTube subscribers, 1.6 million followers on Instagram and 1.3 million on Twitter. What’s the secret?
  I really don’t know. In the comments, people say I make them feel good, I’m relaxing to watch and they like my positivity and outlook on life 

Vlogs are a way to make people relate to them which is good for social media as this is how you gain attention. 

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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/11/buzzfeed-denies-deleting-critical-articles-to-appease-advertisers

BuzzFeed denies deleting critical articles to appease advertisers

This article is about Buzzfeed lying about deleting articles to please advertisers. 

• The articles were removed because of editorial concerns, the site’s editor-in-chief Ben Smith told staff in an email on Friday. He said both had since been reinstated because their deletion had been against BuzzFeed’s policy. 
• Both of the deletions, Smith wrote, “involved the same thing: my overreaction to questions we’ve been wrestling with about the place of personal opinion pieces on our site”. 
• An update to that article included a denial from BuzzFeed that advertising concerns had anything to do with the decision to delete. 

Even though Buzzfeed face criticism for their actions they are allowed to delete or post as they please. 

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http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/apr/07/democracy-will-die-if-professional-journalists-go-to-the-wall

Democracy will die if professional journalists go to the wall

This article is about how journalism is dying as there is no need for it anymore due to technology. 

• “The job of the professional journalist is as dead as the elevator operator”. That’s the view of Michael Rosenblum, speaking a week or so ago at a conference on mobile journalism.
•  there are 3bn people around the world with smart phones that are “remarkably powerful platforms for journalism”. People can write on them, snap pictures, shoot video and then upload it to the internet for free. 
•  If the job of the professional journalist really is dead, then so are we all because it means that democracy itself is under threat of extinction. 

I agree that journalism is dying as people now create news stories via citizen journalism due to the movement of technology at this time. 

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http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/apr/10/why-would-google-be-interested-in-buying-twitter

Why would Google be interested in buying Twitter?

This article is about Google's rivalry with Twitter based on the usage by consumers. 

• Twitter is valued at about $33bn. Google has around $60bn in the bank, though a lot of that is stashed overseas to avoid taxes on repatriation; a share- or debt-funded acquisition might be simpler. 
• Twitter, whose users send out 140-character “tweets” visible to anyone who follows them, has something the search and data specialist does not: a thriving, engaged social network. 
• Some think Google’s problem with “social” is that its data-driven culture tends to be blind to the tweaks that make people love social networks. But as mobile use becomes dominant, social networks offer the most valuable advertising space. In the fourth quarter of 2014, 69% of Facebook’s advertising revenue came from mobile ads, up from 53% a year before; and revenues were up 49%. 

If Google bought Twitter this could possible make them the biggest media giant. 

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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/sky-news-mccann-brenda-leyland 

Woman killed herself after being doorstepped over McCann trolling 

This article is about a women who was found dead in a hotel room due to sour tweets she received.

• On 30 September she was approached by Brunt and a cameraman outside her village home in Burton Overy, Leicestershire, after the journalist was given a dossier containing details of people allegedly posting abusive tweets about Kate and Gerry McCann, whose daughter Madeleine disappeared in Portugal in 2007. Leyland had posted or reposted more than 400 tweets about the McCanns, the inquest heard. 
• Sky broadcast footage of Leyland, but did not name her or give details of where she lived, the inquest heard.
• A Sky News spokesman said: “Brenda Leyland’s tragic death highlights the unforeseeable human impact that the stories we pursue can have, and Sky News would like to extend its sincere condolences to her family.” 

This shows the power of social media, this women was attacked verbally for expressing her opinions on the McCann family.

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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/19/mail-online-guardian-increase-daily-audience-january

Mail Online and Guardian only UK titles to increase daily audience in February


This article is about The Mail Online and The Guardian having increased their online views whilst other news sites such as Trinity Mirror have seen a decline by a large amount.

• The average number of unique browsers visiting Mail Online each day increased by more than 5% to 14.7m while the Guardian saw an increase of nearly 5% to 7.35m, according to Audit Bureau of Circulations for February.
• Month-on-month, the biggest losers were Trinity Mirror, whose daily browsers fell at its national titles by 16.6% to just under 4m, and Metro, whose average daily browsers decreased by more than 10% to 1.1m.
• The long-term picture, however, tells a different story. Both titles have almost doubled their average daily audience compared with the same period 12 months ago. 

This shows there are popular news sites out there and it all depends on how they portray themselves in the media.

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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-petition-guido-fawkes-bbc-top-gear

Jeremy Clarkson petition: is Guido Fawkes making tracks for the BBC?



This article is about a website called Guido Fawkes which reached out on Twitter on how to get a tank to get one million signatures for Jeremy Clarkson to come back to Top Gear.

• the site promised a “big surprise” if the petition, then at more than 960,000, passed the landmark figure. It continued to push the petition on Friday, obviously keen to get to 1m by lunchtime.
• The publicity around Clarkson’s foul-mouthed tirade against BBC bosses at a charity event on on Thursday night could help Guido’s petition top over 1m – although growth in the number of signatures has slowed in recent days.

It shows how powerful social media is, Twitter was able to get people to tweet and trend in favour of Jeremy Clarkson. Consumers suggested ways of getting a hold of a tank to reinforce the one million signatures on the petition.