Topher wrote:Emmy wrote:There are loads of comments underneath explaining the difference between The Snowman Aled and the actual Aled in question, so it appears that there are more DM readers who are also Chris Moyles Show listeners than you may think.
Not necessarily... didn't Aled tweet about it? Thereby driving Moyles listeners to their site. This is how the Mail's website is the most popular newspaper website in the world - because of the attention it stirs up on Twitter, either by people like Aled tweeting about it or - more likely - people being outraged about, say, Samantha Brick.
Emmy wrote:That is highly likely. I read an article about the DM written in The New Yorker recently which contained some gems of quotes and information about their online site such as;
''We just decided to go hell-for-leather for ratings," an anonymous source involved in the launch told the writer, Lauren Collins. "Anything relating to climate change, American politics, Muslims – we just chased the numbers very ruthlessly."
'Editorial meetings are referred to as the "vagina monologues" because Dacre (the editor) uses the c-word to describe his staff.'
'When Liz Jones wrote a column about stealing her husband's sperm to impregnate herself, she gained the moniker Jizz Loans.'
I do love that site though, in a really guilty pleasures type of way.
Sorry to drag this back up, but I found a perfect graphic to illustrate the point:
