Britain’s royal wedding is generating around 9,000 mentions a day online, or one every 10 seconds, according to a study from specialist technology firm Greenlight published on Tuesday. Internationally, those excited by the marriage between Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29 outweigh the naysayers by six to one, the company’s research shows.
During March and April, there have been 158,000 posts related to the wedding on online media, with nearly 61,000, or 38 per cent, coming in the last seven days alone.
YouTube and Facebook (public posts) accounted for the smallest share of the posts, at one and eight percent respectively, while online news sources accounted for 30 per cent followed by blog posts (29 per cent). Twitter accounted for 17 per cent and forums 16 per cent, Greenlight added. Those proportions could change, however, now that the wedding will be available on YouTube via an official royal channel.
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Accusation of Madge copy retarded: Gaga
New York: Lady Gaga has hit out at distractors saying that her smash hit Born This Way is a copy of Madonna’s Express Yourself, branding them “retards”. In a new interview with NME, the Grammy-winning singer has said she is not a plagiarist, just a smart artist.
“That’s retarded. If you put the songs next to each other, side by side, the only similarities are the chord progression. It’s the same one that’s been in disco music for the last 50 years. Just because I’m the first artist in 25 years to think of putting it on Top 40 radio, it doesn’t mean I’m a plagiarist, it means I’m smart,” she said. —PTI