Wiwibloggs

Wiwibloggs is an Internet blog focusing on the Eurovision Song Contest.

The site launched in April 2009 and is now the world's most visited blog focusing on the music of the Eurovision Song Contest and, to a lesser extent, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.[1] It has a seasonal audience peaking at 106,000 page views per day in the month of May, based on Google Analytics data.[2]

Wiwibloggs' unique take on the news of international song contests has made it extremely popular with younger audiences. This is enhanced by the site's high level of social media interaction.

The blog and its contributors are regularly cited in international media and have been featured in CNN,[3] Newsweek,[4] the New York Times,[5] the Washington Post,[6] the Irish Times,[7] and National Public Radio,[8] among others.

In April 2015, wiwibloggs won Arts & Culture Blog of the Year at the National UK Blog Awards.[9]

Later that month William Lee Adams, the site's founder and a former correspondent at TIME Magazine, was the only Eurovision blogger to speak on a panel at the Eurovision Song Contest 60th Anniversary Conference in London. In the official programme for the event, the European Broadcasting Union described wiwibloggs as the "most popular and innovative" Eurovision website.[10]

References

  1. ↑ McGrane, Sally (12 May 2014). "An Austrian Drag Queen Wins Eurovision". New Yorker. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Google Analytics data". 12 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Kelly, Tara and Stenman, Jim (9 May 2014). "Eurovision showdown: Ukraine and Russia face the music". CNN. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Adams, William Lee (9 May 2014). "Winner Takes It All?". Newsweek. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Donadio, Rachel (9 May 2014). "Hamster Wheels, Sequins and, Yes, a Lot of Singing". New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Faiola, Anthony (12 May 2013). "At Eurovision, Britain is Out of Tune". Washington Post. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Fricker, Karen (8 May 2014). "Eurovision 2014". Irish Times. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  8. ↑ NPR Staff (5 May 2012). "Eurovision 2012: The Babushki Make It Into the Final". NPR. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "2015 Winners and Highly Commended". UK Blog Awards. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 60th Anniversary Conference Official Programme" (PDF). EBU. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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