Gerrit Tienkamp (Peter.BKK) : Thai Media

Saturday 5 December 2015

Faster read: Thai media joins Facebook's 'Instant Articles'

Faster read: Thai media joins Facebook's 'Instant Articles'
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Facebook yesterday launched "Instant Articles" in Asia, its latest function that loads news stories quickly without users having to leave Facebook.

Kom Chad Luek was the first Thai media to join the platform, which was initially rolled out in May with media partners such as New York Times and National Geographic.

More than 50 publishers in Asia have signed up to the program including The Straits Times, South China Morning Post and CCTV News.

The function basically allows publishers to store their content on Facebook. An average article takes just eight seconds to load.

“Expanding Instant Articles to Asia is a significant milestone for the product and for each of our early launch partners,” said Andy Mitchell, director of Global Media Partnerships, Facebook.

"Instant Articles has been designed with extensive feedback from publishers, and we’re excited to bring this collaboration to our publishing partners in Asia to help them distribute fast, interactive articles to their readers on the Facebook app."

Following Kom Chad Luek, eight Thai news agencies have signed onto the program including Daily News, Kapook, Khao Sod, Nation TV, Prachachart, Matichon, Manager Online and Thairath.

An instant article is marked with a lightning bolt on the Facebook news feed to differentiate itself from other links.

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Tuesday 27 October 2015

Naked Farrang Chick Riding Around Soi Nana, #Bangkok

A photo of a naked white chick on the back of a motorbike on Soi 4 was doing the rounds yesterday on social media with many asking was it a fake.

It turns out it was the real thing and today Facebook user Simon Richardson uploaded a video of the farrang frutloop zipping up and down Soi 4 naked as the day she was born on the back of a bike much to the delight of those working and drinking in the bars lining the street.

No background story on what her naked bike ride or walkabout was all about but I’m sure the boys in brown from Lumpini wouldn’t mind taking her in for some questioning and unlikely to be in a hurry to get any answers.

Woman Arrested For Naked Bike Ride.

Will we be seeing the naked biker in an ankle length skirt, long sleeves and turtleneck with the obligatory shades and baseball hat in the next day or two?
I doubt it unless the Thai media pick up the story.

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Clips of the woman walking along Soi 3 naked much to the delight of those hanging around.

A woman was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning by officers from Lumpini Police Station after videos and photos of her naked in downtown Bangkok had been widely shared online over the past 48 hours.

The 20-year-old exhibitionist, identified as Nagwa Bassre, caused a stir on lower Sukhumvit on Sunday afternoon when she went for a walk up Soi 3 butt-naked before jumping on a motorbike taxi and going for a spin down Soi 4 much to the delight of daytime drinkers.

The Sukhumvit streaker first came to the attention of local cops when a photo of her on the back of a motorbike was widely shared on Sunday before video footage of her antics went viral on Monday.
It was initially thought the naked farrang chick was a Russian hooker who had been plying her trade on Soi 3 but we now know that not to be the case following Miss Bassre’s arrest.
I don’t have any details on any charges or fines dished out by police but will update if that info becomes known.

Source: Stickboy Bangkok