{"id":112950,"date":"2018-02-23T15:27:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T15:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=112950"},"modified":"2018-02-23T15:27:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T15:27:02","slug":"five-things-you-shouldnt-have-missed-23-february-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/five-things-you-shouldnt-have-missed-23-february-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Things You Shouldn\u2019t Have Missed \u2013 23 February 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>This week\u2019s Five Things includes the billion-dollar power of Kylie Jenner\u2019s tweets, Corbyn\u2019s media attack, the Westminster council lobbying story, KFC\u2019s chicken crises and the Guardian\u2019s new media editor.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><strong>1. Kylie Jenner wields the sword of influence<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Kylie-Jenner.jpg\" alt=\"Snapchat\" width=\"760\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Kylie-Jenner.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Kylie-Jenner-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Kylie-Jenner-705x399.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Kylie-Jenner-450x255.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Kylie-Jenner-500x283.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/five-things-you-shouldnt-have-missed-16-february-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\">Five Things<\/a>, included a report that revealed 44% of the public think influencer marketing is damaging to society. This week, we\u2019ve learnt that 100% of Snapchat\u2019s shareholders think influencer marketing is damaging to their company.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Kylie Jenner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KylieJenner\/status\/966429897118728192\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a>: \u2018sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me\u2026 ugh this is so sad\u2019, and promptly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-43163544\" target=\"_blank\">wiped $1.3bn off Snap\u2019s stock market value<\/a>. Within ten minutes she said she still loved snap, her \u2018first love\u2019, but the damage was done.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest issue facing Snapchat is its recent update, which prompted a petition that\u2019s achieved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/snapchat-petition-passes-1-million-signatures\/\" target=\"_blank\">over a million signatures<\/a>. While Snapchat bullishly said people would get used to it, this recent dip may cause them to change their minds. And for what it\u2019s worth, a member of the Vuelio Political Services team has stopped using Snapchat because of the update too (though we think the share price is safe from him).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><strong>2. The name\u2019s Corbyn, I-love-and-hate-the-press Corbyn<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jeremy-Corbyn.jpg\" alt=\"Corbyn\" width=\"760\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jeremy-Corbyn.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jeremy-Corbyn-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jeremy-Corbyn-705x399.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jeremy-Corbyn-450x255.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jeremy-Corbyn-500x283.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By now we\u2019ve all heard the \u2018Corbyn was a Czech spy\u2019 allegations that seem to have little to no evidence as support, as pointed out by Andrew Neil on Daily Politics:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z1_wlz3N9GY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"760\" height=\"427\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While at first, the Labour Party and Corbyn ignored the allegations, the remarks from the press and Conservatives reached fever-pitch this week and Corbyn addressed the accusations in a video. But his focus was less on how ridiculous the accusations were and more an attack on the press \u2013 Corbyn outlined (in a little bit of a passive aggressive\/threatening kind of way) that if Labour gets into power, \u2018change is coming\u2019. Needless to say, his video rubbed the press up the wrong way.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xIlA8Ib1NgY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"760\" height=\"427\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><strong>3. Westminster councillor schmoozed<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Westminster.jpg\" alt=\"Westminster from above\" width=\"760\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Westminster.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Westminster-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Westminster-705x399.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Westminster-450x255.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Westminster-500x283.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Robert Davis, Conservative deputy leader of Westminster city council, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2018\/feb\/19\/westminster-councillor-received-gifts-and-hospitality-514-times-in-three-years\" target=\"_blank\">described<\/a> as the \u2018most schmoozed politician in Britain\u2019 this week, after details of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2018\/feb\/19\/full-list-of-westminster-councillor-robert-daviss-514-freebies\" target=\"_blank\">514 gifts<\/a> and hospitality events came to light.<\/p>\n<p>Labour has called the register of interests, evidence of a \u2018broken culture at Westminster council\u2019, and said there was a \u2018clear perception that senior Conservatives councillors have a very close relationship with developers\u2019. The concerns are around the property developers on the list of \u2018schmoozers\u2019, as the district has failed to meet affordable housing targets, and Davis chairs the council\u2019s planning committee, which is responsible for approving deals with developers over affordable housing levels.<\/p>\n<p>A Westminster city council spokesman said \u2018the idea that any councillor has been \u2018bought\u2019 by the property lobby is demonstrably untrue\u2019. Davis further defended his meetings, saying: \u2018These meetings were all properly declared and open to anyone to examine. Their sole purpose was to ensure and encourage the right kind of development in Westminster and ensure that anything put before the council was going to benefit the city as a whole.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><strong>4. OMG, WTF KFC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/KFC.jpg\" alt=\"FCK\" width=\"760\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/KFC.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/KFC-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/KFC-705x399.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/KFC-450x255.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/KFC-500x283.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KFC hit the headlines this week for all the wrong reasons, when the UK\u2019s branches ran out of chicken. Due to teething problems with the company\u2019s new delivery partner, chicken wasn\u2019t reaching stores. Outrage has hit the nation, with one woman furious with the closure, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/__MichaelMartin\/status\/966076725867270154\" target=\"_blank\">complaining<\/a>: \u2018I had to go to Burger King\u2019 (This woman became the focus of escalating offers from KFC and Burger King, including a year\u2019s supply of fresh \u2018King Boxes\u2019 from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurgerKingUK\/status\/966383935897948168\" target=\"_blank\">Burger King<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>KFC\u2019s initial <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KFC_UKI\/status\/964838797841190912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vuelio.com%2Fuk%2Fblog%2Fkentucky-fried-crisis-3-alternative-crisis-plans%2F\" target=\"_blank\">response was relatively low key<\/a>, and as a business that\u2019s mostly made up of franchisees, the company is in a tricky position to resolve a branch-by-branch issue. That didn\u2019t stop it from today launching a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedrum.com\/news\/2018\/02\/23\/kfc-says-fck-responsive-print-ad-after-restaurants-kick-the-bucket\" target=\"_blank\">full-page newspaper apology<\/a> with the letters \u2018FCK\u2019. [We\u2019re shocked it didn\u2019t go with any of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/kentucky-fried-crisis-3-alternative-crisis-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\">three alternative crisis plans<\/a> we suggested].<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><strong>5. Jim Waterson appointed media editor at the Guardian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jim-Waterson-1.jpg\" alt=\"Media editor\" width=\"760\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jim-Waterson-1.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jim-Waterson-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jim-Waterson-1-705x399.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jim-Waterson-1-450x255.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jim-Waterson-1-500x283.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BuzzFeed UK\u2019s political editor has been appointed media editor at the Guardian. The role is prestigious within the industry, as regardless of one\u2019s political leanings, the Guardian\u2019s media pages are read widely by journalists and media professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Waterson has been the political editor at BuzzFeed UK since he helped launched news coverage for the site. Before that, he was a politics and business reporter at City AM. Waterson is likely to shift the section\u2019s focus onto digital media, something both Waterson and Guardian editor Katharine Viner have mentioned about his new role.<\/p>\n<p>Many people on Twitter have suggested stories for Waterson, which led to our BuzzFeed-inspired \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/10-story-leads-for-the-guardians-new-media-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Story Leads for the Guardian\u2019s New Media Editor\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes off the back of BuzzFeed\u2019s recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/buzzfeed-announces-staff-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\">announced staff cuts<\/a> \u2013 and the company has yet to name a replacement for Waterson. Media fans will be keen to note that Waterson went from traditional media to a digital start-up, dragging the latter towards traditional media status, and is now joining a traditional media company that\u2019s arguably going in the other direction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><strong>1 video you shouldn\u2019t have missed: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V5cOvyDpWfM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"760\" height=\"427\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Five Things includes the billion-dollar power of Kylie Jenner\u2019s tweets, Corbyn\u2019s media attack, the Westminster council lobbying story, KFC\u2019s chicken crises and the Guardian\u2019s new media editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":112955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7356,7365,7272,3729],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112950"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112957,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112950\/revisions\/112957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}