Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Google reshuffles into Alphabet, Japan remembers, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
Twitter:
• @Google surprised the tech world with new parent company Alphabet. #NewsOnWikipedia
• Japan remembered the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
• Egypt's Suez Canal reopened last week following a makeover. #NewsOnWikipedia
• Typhoon Soudelor caused $1.4bn in damage in Taiwan and China. #NewsOnWikipedia
• North Korea will officially move to "Pyongyang Time" on Saturday. #NewsOnWikipedia
Facebook/G+:
• Looks like Google will need to Alphabetise their servers... #NewsOnWikipedia
• Japan commemorated 70 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the Second World War. #NewsOnWikipedia
• The New Suez Canal doubles the waterway's ship capacity in less than a year. #NewsOnWikipedia
• Typhoon Soudelor made landfall in Taiwan and China last week, killing at least 29. #NewsOnWikipedia
• North Korea is moving away from Japan—half an hour away, in fact. #NewsOnWikipedia
...Since that last one might be a little too curt:
• North Korean clocks will go half an hour back on Saturday. #NewsOnWikipedia
best,
Joe
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Joe Sutherland
Communications Intern [remote]