you in 2023: the new CL format is designed to make sure the big sides are safer than ever the year 2024: Man City are behind Club Brugge and Celtic with two games to play

sorry but that simultaneous 18-game CL final night on Jan 29 may well be the greatest thing humanity has created

A bit disappointed @theathleticfc.bsky.social publishing (without caveat or challenge) a quote saying that there's no European football at the same time as the Club World Cup next year when the tournament literally overlaps with the Women's Euros by a few weeks @dansheldon.bsky.social

Explained: FIFA and DAZN’s $1billion broadcast deal for the 2025 Club World Cup

The Athletic breaks down FIFA’s agreement with DAZN and what the $1billion deal means for the clubs participating next summer…

nytimes.com

Public service accounts were so crucial to Twitter and Musk undermined them almost immediately after his takeover. Twitter employees warned him when he wanted to change verification. One specifically used a tsunami situation as an example. From @kateconger.com and me in our book, Character Limit.

The @economist.com really does have a delicious way with visuals

This feels like an oxymoron

Something which cuts to the core of whether this lovely good-time vibe will work out; X and Threads have almost limitless backing. Bluesky however, does not. A big few months for the platform in more ways than one, with usage and finding people to pay for it critical.

Can Bluesky Raise Enough Funding to Compete?

Bluesky is on the rise, but it could struggle to compete with better-resourced competitors.

socialmediatoday.com

For all the spectacle of GregG Wallace digging his own grave on Insta, this is the real story: multiple complaints were made over several years, nothing was done. Why are these men allowed to continue? www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Gregg Wallace accused of inappropriate behaviour in letter sent to BBC in 2022

Woman who complained about MasterChef presenter says lack of action shows there is ‘no satisfactory means of reporting sexual harassment and bullying within the TV industry’

theguardian.com

Top of the league!! www.economist.com/science-and-...

I need to stop writing my substack on Thursdays. Every time www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-ban-d...

Will TikTok be banned? Here are the latest details on the app's legal fight to stay in the US and Trump's options

TikTok could be booted from US app stores in January due to a divest-or-ban law. Here's what may happen next as the company fights for its future.

businessinsider.com

Bluesky has a verification problem Analysis found 44% of the top 100 most-followed accounts on Bluesky had at least one “doppelganger” Bluesky gives no checkmark or badge to signal an account has been “verified” www.engadget.com/social-media...

Bluesky hit 22 million users this week, which is great. BUT - latest figures show 1.5 million Daily Active Users, while the last ones for X show 156 million. There's a way to go to take this good-time vibe to something more serious. I took a look at what's been going on in my weekly Substack.

What’s going on with X/Bluesky, and we need to talk about Reddit

The latest on the microblog landgrab, Reddit overtakes X in usage, and Australia bans U16s from social media

open.substack.com

To hear a crowd explode as Anfield did when Bradley tackled Mbappé. Beautiful.

Nonsense of course, but as it stands Aston Villa’s reward for finishing a genuinely amazing 9th and best of the rest would be… a playoff against Real Madrid in 24th #UCL

It feels like a delicious satire on modern football that the ulterior goal in the #UCL league phase is essentially to avoid playing more games

Loving Liverpool-Real in the #UCL. Feels like a vintage night; just get Big Clive and Bob Wilson and then we’re talking

I dug into many trends reports and found 5 things defining Digital Marketing in 2025. You won't BELIEVE number 4*. * you'll probably believe number 4

Which trends will drive Digital Marketing in 2025?

AI, Authenticity, Video, Personalisation and even a bit of Bluesky.

tomkennett.substack.com

Meta loses ground to Bluesky as users abandon Elon Musk’s X Since election day, app usage of Bluesky in the US + UK skyrocketed by almost 300% to 3.5M DAUs Prior to Nov 5, Threads had 5x more DAUs in the US than Bluesky Now, Threads is only 1.5x larger than its rival www.ft.com/content/e1b5...

11-year-old me: "FIFA 98 is like I'm actually PLAYING as Beckham in the World Cup!" FIFA 98:

I was once in a band called Homeopathy. We were like Placebo, but charged more.

Kinda thought Man Utd would bring a bit more to the party. Very routine so far for Chelsea #WSL (also I did consider looking for last minute tickets but the state of the wind there has me very glad to be on the sofa)

This is well deserved, strongly recommend for anyone with even an adjacent interest in Twitter/X.

Ryan Mac 🙃@rmac.bsky.social · 2y ago

Character Limit was named to the @financialtimes.com’s best books of 2024 list! @kateconger.bsky.social and I are honored. Thank you to @janinegibson.bsky.social and the FT staff. on.ft.com/4hYXF4x

First weekend on Bluesky with #FPL. First FPL disaster and rage quitting in a huff on Bluesky, too.

Well that was thoroughly meh. Almost nodded off at one point #bristolcity

Have to say this was a superb and affecting listen. Regardless of the outcome of the vote the UK would benefit with more people like Kim in politics

The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · 2y ago

Listen to today's full episode: Kim Leadbeater on assisted dying, fractious politics and Jo Cox www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

Posted these same numbers on X and very funny to see the very different reactions in both places. The echo chamber over there cannot deal with the pretty basic fact that Trump’s win was both historic and compelling and yet not in any traditional sense, a landslide and a bit narrower than it looked.

Trump’s vote share is now at 49.9% with some votes still being counted. Looks like his margin over Harris will be around 1.5%- the third smallest winning margin since 1888. Trump’s win was solid in the popular vote and electoral college. But it was not a landslide and it was not overwhelming.

TL;DR version: 🤖 #AI & automation is increasing - you knew that already 🙏 Because of this, credibility has never mattered more 📺 Short-form video is vital 🍪 Cookies are out - first-party data is in 🦋 The #socialmedia landgrab is only just beginning Full-fat version 👇 #digitalmarketing #advertising

Which trends will drive Digital Marketing in 2025?

AI, Authenticity, Video, Personalisation and even a bit of Bluesky.

tomkennett.substack.com

Theres a deluge of trends pieces out at the moment, but I've pulled together a concise look at the overriding themes in the latest edition of my weekly Substack. I'll put some choice cuts in this thread, but you can find the link here 👉 tomkennett.substack.com/p/which-tren...

Which trends will drive Digital Marketing in 2025?

AI, Authenticity, Video, Personalisation and even a bit of Bluesky.

tomkennett.substack.com

Morning made by working out how to use my own domain as a handle here. Turns out its really very, very easy. Thanks for the tip @mattjchurchill.bsky.social

Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community@drownedinsound.org · 2y ago

🤓 Setting up a Bluesky custom domain is reasonably easy 1. Goto "Settings" ⚙️ 👈 2. Scroll to: @ Change My Handle 3. Click "I have my own domain" 4. Login to your domain registrar 5. Create a new DNS record. Copy + paste text it shows you. 6. Click complete. 7. Do a smug little grin.