Archive for July, 2012

The Local ‘Newsblip’ on Twitter

Miscellaneous: July 20th, 2012 by OG

The Local has launched a new concept on Twitter — The Newsblip, or as we like to call it #NEWSBLIP.

Here, our Twitter followers (Tweeps? Twollowers?) can enjoy even more Swedish news with some of those smaller nuggets making their way to your Twitter feed in 140 characters or less.

Here was our first ever blip, from Thursday July 12th:

• #NEWSBLIP: Östersund man found 6 billion SEK in his bank account on Wednesday: “I almost fainted!” Cash vanished 2 hrs later. Bank baffled.

The idea is also for additional reader interaction so we can what YOU want to read more about.

This Blip from Friday prompted a buzzing Twitter interaction (Twinteraction?) and a flurry of reader photos, resulting in a full story with more information shortly after, including a gallery of photos:

• #NEWSBLIP: An enormous swarm of bees terrorized central Stockholm this afternoon. Who said Friday 13th was nothing to worry about?

So, be sure to follow us on Twitter @thelocalsweden for more Twitter Blips!

Keeping you in the loop,

The Local team.

Bieber sells out two Stockholm concerts

Miscellaneous: July 6th, 2012 by OG

Justin Bieber’s Stockholm concert sold out in just 41 minutes.

The 12,500 tickets went on sale at 9am on Friday, for a concert that will be held at The Globe on April 22nd next year.

Luckily for Swedish “Beliebers”, Justin has announced a second concert in the Swedish capital.

The second concert was announced later in the morning, and also sold out — in 45 mintutes! This concert will be held April 23rd.

Click here to read an earlier report on The Local about Justin Bieber mania heading to Stockholm 

For those people who don’t understand what all the fuzz is about Justin Bieber, the 18-year-old heartthrob born in Canada, below is a video of a song he released on May 2nd, called “Boyfriend”.

It has been viewed almost 100 million times.