How one photo from Norway travelled around the world

A seemingly ordinary picture of a cruise ship docked in Tromsø delivered extraordinary results to NTB recently.  The image was used in nearly 500 articles by news outlets all over the world including publications like CNN, BBC, The Guardian, Washington Post, Time, South China Morning Post, Forbes, Al-Jazeera  and Frankfurter Allgemeine, reports Medier24. “It’s a …

Half of News Agencies’ Stories Get Picked Up Within the First 5 Hours of Publication

How quickly do publishers pick up your stories and exactly how long is the tail of content published by news agencies? At EzyInsights we track a great number of stories published by news agencies across the globe. We track even more stories by news media and other publishers that quote and replicate news agencies’ stories.  …

Open News Dashboard for Everyone

As a software company we can’t help make hand-sanitisers, face-masks or ventilators. What we can do is offer you a global view on what’s trending in the corona-related news. That’s why we put together an open dashboard with multiple filters – to track news globally, in Brazil, Spain, Italy, France, and Germany (use arrows on …

Viral publishers can still grow on Facebook

Say what you want about Facebook, but media publishers are still able to engage with their audiences there. And it’s not only national broadcasters or well-known brands either. This year Facebook traffic bounced back (somewhat) across the board for publishers. Sceptical? Take a look at Sosialnytt – a small Norwegian publisher who started out sharing …

How to grow on Instagram without ads – Interview with Patricia Tiihonen from YLE

How can you grow engagement and reach organically on Instagram? We asked Patricia Tiihonen, the social media guru at Finland’s public service broadcaster whose @yleuutiset is currently the biggest news page in Finland.Q: Patricia, what’s your number one advice on growing Instagram engagement?
First you need to think of your goals on Instagram: what is the …

The complete picture Understanding the impact of content across different platforms is a necessity for any online publisher. What goes viral on Twitter is not the same as what resonates on Instagram. While one publisher will concentrate on mainstream news on Facebook, in another country, Twitter might have more priority. EzyInsights powerful and flexible tool …

The Best Sports Publishers on Instagram 2019

The Top Sports Publishers on Instagram Summer 2019We analysed the top engaging publishers in Sports news. The first thing we discovered was  that many serious sports accounts post content that overlaps with what you’d expect from a viral publisher.   After trawling the ‘gram for the best examples, we present the top Sports Publishers for 2019.With this …

The 10 Best News Sites on Instagram

As the popularity of news on Instagram is growing fast, here’s a look at what the best news publishers on Instagram are doing in 2019.10. VICE News860k followersUnsurprisingly, VICE’s strong presentation and filmmaking skills are on display across their Instagram content. Their feed isn’t 100% news focused and is happy to mix up clips of …

50% of all news posts on Instagram are serious

We’ve previously covered how certain news publishers approach Instagram. One common trait across publishers was a more relaxed or casual approach to the way news is presented on the platform. As the landscape of news on Instagram matures this remains true, but what about the content of the news itself? Is Instagram only home to …

Tools in the Newsroom

Working with newsrooms across Europe gives us insights into how they work in practice, when cultural hurdles are in play. Usage of tools is both essential and a constant pain point in any modern newsroom. One challenge can be to understand where different tools fit along the editorial workflow. Which tools tend to cover the …

7 things we learned from top digital publishers in Europe

1. Everyone should pay attention to engagement data: “It used to be only viral publishers or digital specialists that would be interested in this sort of data, nowadays it’s essential that everyone is able to understand what’s happening.” Erik Carlsson – Schibsted 2. Get information overload under control A common complaint in newsrooms is that …

How to Increase Traffic from Facebook in one easy step

Web Share engagement now accounts for well over half of all Facebook engagement on average across 5 different countries. Facebook themselves have stated that they give more weight in their newsfeed algorithm to content from friends and family. So if Web Shares are the most important type of engagement for generating traffic from Facebook, how …