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Social media

Money in social media? Report concludes clubs are missing the market

By Paul Nicholson

April 1 – With fans locked out and club revenues locked down, social media has become increasingly important to the commercial infrastructure of clubs, according to KPMG Football Benchmark analysis.

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Integrity

Thierry Henry quits social media demanding platforms clean up rampant racism and bullying

March 29 – Former French international and Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has quit social media until the various platforms start tackling racism more effectively.

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Broadcast

Facebook shuns renewal bids for Champions League and La Liga broadcast rights

March 5 – Social media giant Facebook has not renewed its contract to stream the Champions League in Latin America and Spain’s La Liga in India. 

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Football Marketing

AS Monaco accelerates digital footprint with Line launch in Japan

February 18 – Ligue 1’s AS Monaco will become the first French club to launch on Japan’s Line social media platform when the club face Paris Saint-Germain this Sunday.

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Integrity

English football tells Twitter and Facebook to stop protecting racist abusers

February 11 – English football bodies have joined forces to send an open letter to Facebook and Twitter demanding action amid increased levels of abuse aimed at high-profile players and officials on social media.

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Football Marketing

TikTok signs sponsorship with UEFA in time for Euro 2020

February 11 – Short-form mobile video app TikTok has signed an official partnership with UEFA for the rescheduled Euro 2020 Championship that kicks off this summer.

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Integrity

Manchester and Liverpool clubs join for anti-racism message; FIFPro demands social media clean-up

February 8 – The four Premier League clubs from Manchester and Liverpool have joined forces to condemn the online racial abuse suffered by players in recent weeks.

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Europe

Social media firms warned of £ billions in fines unless they tackle racist abuse

February 4 – The British government has threatened social media companies with fines which could amount to “billions of pounds” if they fail to tackle abuse of footballers on their platforms.

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Football Marketing

Spurs’ favourite Son opens up Korean Twitter platform

January 18 – English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur have launched a new Twitter account in South Korea to further engage its growing fanbase in the homeland of the club’s star forward and Korean captain, Heung-Min Son.

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Football Marketing

Man Utd and Liverpool’s fake millions. Are Instagram accounts inflating social media values?

January 7 – Social media numbers often look astronomic with European clubs in particular selling marketing packages based on millions of followers, likes and interactions. But how good are these numbers?

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Football Marketing

Man Utd get more social in China with Douyin launch

November 9 – Having debuted on social media platform TikTok last week, Manchester United have rapidly followed up with a launch on Douyin, China’s leading destination for short-form mobile video content.

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Football Marketing

Man Utd embrace AR with launch of TikTok channel

October 30 – Manchester United have launched a TikTok channel saying that it pioneer the use of Augmented Reality in the creation of new channel-excusive content.

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Social media

One league Barca are winning easily

September 11 – Barcelona have become the first football club to break the 10 million YouTube subscriber mark. The NBA (14.7million) is the only sports channel that has more followers.

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Football Marketing

Arsenal builds its Chinese social media footprint with TokTok launch

April 15 – Arsenal has opened an official account on Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok, the world’s fastest-growing social media platform.

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Football Asia

Barca, Premier League and Ronaldo dominate Chinese social media rankings

January 20 – Barcelona are the most popular club online in China, the Premier League is most influential competition and Cristiano Ronaldo is still the player that excites Chinese more than any other, according to the latest Red Card Report from Mailman, published last week, which ranks online performance in the country.

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