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Stuart Knapman

@stuartknapman

Man Overboard. Insight, innovation and inspiration gun for hire.

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Joined October 2009
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euronews (@euronews) profile pictureeuronews
@euronews31 Jan 2025
🔍Stay up to date with today’s top headlines! Catch up on the stories that shaped the day, all available below.👇

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Alexa, show me an example of wanton self-destruction… #brexit #takebackcontrol bbc.co.uk/news/business-6872…
Food price fears as Brexit import charges revealed

Food price fears as Brexit import charges revealed

Fees of up £145 will be levied on imports of fish, salami, sausage, cheese and yoghurt, the government says.

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Uni student’s Roblox shop gets 1.6bn visits bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-6744…
Roblox: How a student beat Gucci and Karlie Kloss to app award

Roblox: How a student beat Gucci and Karlie Kloss to app award

Nineteen-year old Muneeb's in-game avatar app experience has been visited more than 1.6bn times

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Watching Bodies on @NetflixUK and heard a supposedly British policeman refer to a victim as a “John Doe.” How do they keep making such basic mistakes when trying to do Britain? Why does no-one speak up?
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If you spend too much time in this app, you can easily forget that the majority of British people have fairly open-minded and inclusive attitudes. We mostly just want to let people live their lives: research-live.com/article/ne…

UK more liberal in 2023, finds British Social Attitudes study | News | Research live

Social attitudes in the UK have generally become more liberal over the past 40 years, although views about class and the role of the state have been more resistant to change, according to data from...

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Revenue from audiobooks forecast to grow 26.4% every year, to $35.05 billion in 2030 qz.com/emails/quartz-obsessi… via @qz
Quartz

Quartz

Quartz is a guide to the new global economy for people who are excited by change. We cover business, finance, economics, technology, lifestyle, and leadership.

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100% this. In any other country we’d have seen widespread prosecutions by now
Anon Opin. (@anon_opin) profile pictureAnon Opin.
@anon_opin18 Sep 2023
Every PPE contract awarded by the Tory government in 2020 should be investigated. It's obscene how such blatant corruption was quietly normalised by a largely cowardly media. Dozens of these thieving scummers should have been in prison by now.
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Fascinating how Lineker and Goalhanger have cleaned up in podcasts. Factual content is having a real moment @GaryLineker
Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) profile pictureGary Lineker
@GaryLineker11 Sep 2023
Bloody hell! 😳
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This Velux ad is, in my humble opinion, the perfect TV ad. It’s captivating, its beautiful, it’s based on a relatable insight, it’s got great brand integration and it makes you want one youtu.be/NfpHm1eZRko?si=Gj8J…
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In the research I do, audiences completely agree: bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment…
Louis Theroux: Anxious TV bosses should stop playing it safe

Louis Theroux: Anxious TV bosses should stop playing it safe

The star says broadcasters like the BBC are avoiding difficult subjects for fear of causing offence.

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I think this is fascinating. I’ve encountered so many personal trainers, sports people and militant vegans who have gone full Novak Djokovic since Covid. It’s alarming. @colinismyname
Ankita Rao (@anrao) profile pictureAnkita Rao@anrao2 Aug 2023
you had me at 'wellness to fascism pipeline' theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
‘Everything you’ve been told is a lie!’ Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline

‘Everything you’ve been told is a lie!’ Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline

One minute you’re doing the downward dog, the next you’re listening to conspiracy theories about Covid or the new world order. How did the desire to look after yourself become so toxic?

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I'm kind of appalled and intrigued by this in equal measure. I can definitely see the potential for licence-free musical score for our insight films: Meta's new AI-powered tool is like Dall-E but for music qz.com/metas-new-ai-powered-… via @qz
Meta's new AI-powered tool is like Dall-E but for music

Meta's new AI-powered tool is like Dall-E but for music

The text-to-audio model adds to a growing catalogue of AI-generated music software

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Some huge shifts in linear TV viewing in Ofcom’s latest Media Nations report. We’re beyond the tipping point now bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment…

UK traditional TV viewing sees record decline, Ofcom report says

The watchdog's annual report also says older audiences are switching off at the fastest rate ever.

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Now this is the sort of market research I’m here for
YouGov (@YouGov) profile pictureYouGov
@YouGov28 Jul 2023
What colour is a tennis ball? All Britons: Green: 32% Yellow: 64% Aged 18-24: Green: 66% Yellow: 30% Aged 65+: Green: 5% Yellow: 89% yougov.co.uk/topics/sport/su…
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Some statistics just stop you in your tracks:
Neil Saunders (@NeilRetail) profile pictureNeil Saunders
@NeilRetail16 Jul 2023
🇬🇧 One in four UK single-parent households unable to afford food bit.ly/3PS3Eg2
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The renaissance of qual research - and why this is good for brand-building linkedin.com/pulse/renaissan…

The renaissance of qual - and why this is good for brands, baked beans and Ariana Grande

Qualitative research is reported in ESOMAR's latest annual report to be growing faster than the overall research industry. I think this is partly because of renewed enthusiasm for getting close to...

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Depressingly, it’s hard to disagree with any of this. I was constantly frustrated by it when working there. Amusing to see the Daily Mail campaigning against elitism and nepotism though…
Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) profile pictureMatt Goodwin
@GoodwinMJ28 Jun 2023
MATT GOODWIN: Melvyn Bragg is right. The BBC loves to preach on diversity, but when it comes to the working class it falls back on the worst stereotypes. My latest in the Mail dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic…
MATTHEW GOODWIN: Melvyn Bragg is right about BBC class bias

MATTHEW GOODWIN: Melvyn Bragg is right about BBC class bias

In an interview with the Radio Times, Melvyn Bragg complained that the BBC continually portrays the working class as 'miserable, broke or in despair'.

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There are worse places to be preparing a pitch…
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Generative AI does religion now qz.com/ai-jesus-chatbot-twit…
A bot known as AI Jesus is giving advice on dating and gaming on Twitch

A bot known as AI Jesus is giving advice on dating and gaming on Twitch

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest

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