When viral fame fades: From Binley Mega Chippy to the Spudman Life&Style In March 2022, I visited fish and chip takeaway Binley Mega Chippy in my hometown of Coventry 10 minutes after it had opened for dinner, joining a growing queue of people snaking out across a tarmac car park on the side of a busy A road. A line of cars waiting for a parking spot [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo launches own YouTube channel with two-letter name Sport Business Cristiano Ronaldo has today launched his own YouTube channel called UR, promising that it will allow him to “engage further with his global fanbase”. The football superstar is already the most-followed person on social media platforms, a position that has helped to make him the world’s best paid athlete. On his YouTube channel, Ronaldo says [...]
Bloom and Wild: How a secret CEO WhatsApp group helps boss deal with ‘isolation’ of the top job Boardroom Uncovered The chief executive of Bloom & Wild turned to a secret WhatsApp group with fellow founders to combat the "isolation" of being the sole head of his rapidly-expanding flower delivery business.
Click a Snap eyes AIM listing to help it pay its users for content June 24, 2024 A fledgling social media site that pays its contributors whenever someone views their images is hoping to take on the likes of Instagram and Tiktok as it explores a London float that could see it valued at £25m.
TalkTV follows Piers Morgan to Youtube after failing to win eyeballs on the box March 5, 2024 TalkTV is bidding farewell to traditional television and moving online as it struggles to win over eyeballs that are glued to rival GB News.
AU Vodka: Meet the Charlie Sloth-backed brand led by ballboy kicked by Eden Hazard March 4, 2024 Meet the Welsh vodka brand backed by former Radio 1 DJ Charlie Sloth which was co-founded by a ballboy infamously kicked by Eden Hazard.
Youtube halts monetisation on Russell Brand’s channel September 19, 2023 Youtube has suspended monetisation on Russell Brand’s channel for “violating” its creator responsibility policy, following sexual assault allegations against the comedian. Over the weekend a joint investigation by the Times, the Sunday Times and Channel 4 levelled accusations at Brand, which include accounts of rape, sexual assaults, and abuse spanning several years. The criminal allegations, which Brand [...]