The Sun

Boris created EU "fake news" 20 years ago Members Public

Fascinating quote in a New York Times piece on the Brexit-backing British newspapers [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/world/europe/london-tabloids-brexit.html] (and principally, The Sun): > With little regard for the truth — he was previously fired by The Times of London for making up a quote — Mr.

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boris johnson

The Sun runs on WordPress Members Public

Things I didn’t know [https://vip.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/bigwp-returns-to-london-next-week/]: > News UK moved thesun.co.uk to WordPress.com VIP last summer, becoming the fastest growing newspaper site in the UK, with well over 20 million monthly unique visitors, and tens of millions of page views

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blog platforms

The Sun's paywall rises Members Public

[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/07/Screen-Shot-2013-07-31-at-12.38.25.png] (This post will be updated as I find other interesting stuff to add.) Sarah Marshall has made her notes from the Sun+ briefing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/159Gqhwrv0r3vqydPSImZvLf5RDALrlM-xk3AyDDUnBs/mobilebasic?pli=1] public. Of

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bundling

One of those mornings Members Public

[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/07/delays-everywhere.jpg] Right about now, I should have been emerging into a rainy London from News UK’s headquarters after a “blogger briefing” on the new Sun paywall. Instead, I’m sat in a lovely cafe in my home

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monetisation

Afternoon Tea Reading: National Newspapers Members Public

Some links about our friends in the nationals that have been hanging around in my Chrome tabs for too long now: * The Independent has switched its blogs from Livejournal to WordPress [http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2010/06/08/the-independent-switches-to-wordpress/] . Makes sense. LJ always seemed like an odd fit. * The Guardian

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blogs

Teacher Caught in Stupid Net Rant By Kids Members Public

Hold on to your hats. I’m going to do something I don’t often do: Kids See Teacher’s Blog Rant [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007281055,00.html] Yes, I just linked to The Sun. Why? Because this is yet another example of people failing to

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Blogging

After Hutton: a new face of political discussion Members Public

Full Hutton details here [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3437315.stm]. So, the BBC is in trouble, standing accused of poor journalism and worse management. The Sun faces serious repercussions from its decision to publish the leak of the report this morning. We have some mild

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BBC

Lads Love Lara Too Much Members Public

[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/images/angelinalara.html]One of my colleagues thoughtfully left a copy of The Sun is the office loo today. Inside was a quite marvellous article [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001290023-2003381282,,00.html] outlining how Lara Croft is destroying relationships because men lust after

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culture