Social Media TV – News April 08

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Here’s the latest news in the world of social media from the last seven days. In this week’s Trending bulletin:

1. Google to spend over $10Million on creating original programming for YouTube
2. Obama turns to social media to help his re-election
3. The Daily Telegraph denies it will start charging for access
4. Twitter announces new resources to help the platform become a tool for journalists
5. James Franco, star of 172 hours, says social media is dead
6. BBC Radio 4 DJ James Naughtie is photographed at a Japanese love hotel. The photo goes viral and the Beeb complains

Every week we’ll be bringing you the latest social media campaigns, news and views. You can watch the latest broadcast bulletin on our home page https://umpf.co.uk every week or catch up with previous episodes here.

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