Hunter's Midweek Media Round up

Our weekly round up of media related stories, which got us talking here at Hunter HQ.

Brooklyn Beckham and Burberry 

The backlash to Brooklyn Beckham's back stage Burberry shoot has been rather nasty but should we be surprised?!  We totally understand people being pee'd off that a 16 year old (who only recently decided he wasn't going to follow in Dad's football boots) was handed such a prestigious gig on a silver platter with virtually no experience or formal training.  However with 5.9 million followers on Instagram and Burberry trying to flog their fragrance to a teenage audience, bringing this particular work experience kid on board is a no brainer! you can take a look at his work here....

https://www.instagram.com/brooklynbeckham/?hl=en

Online retailers get physical!

They may have actually been responsible for the demise of many independent book stores around the world but in the last few months Amazon - have decided to get busy and get building they're own book stores and they're not the only online retailers to do so, here's why....

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/30/future-of-e-commerce-bricks-and-mortar

Less Click bait on Facebook?

Your Facebook newsfeed is about to get more interesting. They've taken a big step in curating relevant Newsfeeds for users with an attempt to make it ‘more fundamentally human’. Think less clickbait, more stories you actually want to read!

Click below for more..seriously you won't believe what they're saying now!!

http://time.com/4204687/facebook-change-news-feed/

WhatsAPP hits 1 billion users.  

Only a few companies in the world can claim more than 1 billion active users - Facebook is one and now WhatsApp joins them.Luckily for Mark Zuckerberg, he's got shares in both. Phew!

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/life/2016/02/02/whatsapp-facebook-messenger-social-media