February 2012
4 posts
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What are people sharing on Pinterest?
Pinterest has generated a lot of buzz lately. Traffic to Pinterest is up more than 40%, Shareaholic (sharing tool) says Pinterest drives more referral traffic than YouTube, LinkedIn and Google+, and some companies say it’s driving more traffic to their sites than Facebook. It has been said that the demographic is female, 24-35 and mostly brides-to-be. But that doesn’t mean Pinterest...
Inside Breaking News: Why it's OK to be human on... →
breakingblog:
Sky News has issued a new policy that restricts how employees use their personal Twitter accounts, The Guardian reports. Sky News staff can no longer retweet rival journalists or post news updates outside their own beats. An email to staff explains, “Always pass breaking news lines to the news…
Computer scientists have discovered the four...
1. The news source that generates and posts the article
2. The category of news
3. The subjectivity of the language
4. The people and things named in the article.
Read the rest: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27555/
January 2012
12 posts
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Help Wanted: Yahoo! Hiring Social Editors
Big news, digital media people: Yahoo! is hiring social editors across its News, Sports, Entertainment and Commerce properties. Check out the job descriptions: Y! News Y! Sports Y! Entertainment (Movies, TV, Music and omg!) Y! Commerce (Travel, Shopping, Autos, and Real Estate) This is Yahoo!’s latest step in extending conversations and user engagement both on- and off-network. Between the...
“We definitely see social as just one part of what people do on Twitter,” Dorsey...”
– Jack Dorsey on Social, SOPA and Asia - Liz Gannes - Social - AllThingsD
Pinterest has been around for almost two years, but has seen a meteoric rise in interest over the last couple of months. In December, Pinterest became one of the Web’s Top 10 social networks, according to tracking firm Hitwise.
More: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-17/how-to-pinterest-mark-smith/52615856/1
“The Financial Times claims that advertisers are paying, on average, between $1...”
– Some Advertisers Are Paying Up To $10 Per Follow On Twitter - AllTwitter
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How to create News Feed-worthy Facebook content →
EdgeRank, it’s what’s for lunch.
“Yesterday Facebook began placing ads in users’ news feeds, a move that...”
– Facebook Looks to Rebrand News Feed Ads | Digital - Advertising Age
The New York Times tops list of most-engaged news... →
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WaPo launches an app to track presidential...
Happy new year and of course, happy caucus night.
Today the Washington Post launched a web app called @MentionMachine. The app tracks the volume of Twitter mentions around the presidential candidates (including today’s caucuses) and media mentions. Readers are able to access the app through a sponsored tool bar at the bottom of related WaPo political stories.
More info on the app,...
December 2011
14 posts
Twitter, Facebook, Google – Social Login And...
Facebook accounts for 42 percent of all social logins, leading Google (29 percent) and Yahoo (11 percent), which is being caught by Twitter (8 percent)
In mobile logins, Facebook is tied with Google at 37 percent, ahead of Yahoo (12 percent) and Twitter (10 percent)
Facebook commands a mighty 54 percent of all social sharing, ahead of second-placed Twitter (34 percent) and Yahoo (7 percent)
...
“Facebook has begun introducing a new feature which allows business pages to...”
– Facebook introduces private messages between business pages and fans - The Next Web
“Take Time Inc.’s Real Simple, the print magazine whose ethos probably best...”
– Real Simple: Pinterest Drives More Traffic For Us Than Facebook | DigitalNext: A Blog on Emerging Media and Technology - Advertising Age
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Twitter's redesign and what it means for media...
By now, you’ve probably already seen Twitter’s new homepage redesign which focuses on four core elements: Home, Connect, Me and Discovery. Additionally, Twitter has launched the ability to embed tweets and new branded pages. Here’s a quick breakdown of what the homepage changes could mean for media brands on Twitter.
Home: The news feed isn’t much different but users are...
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Yahoo! Sports writer Tim Brown breaks news about...
In case you missed it yesterday, Yahoo! Sports’ Baseball writer Tim Brown was the first to report that Albert Pujols, the best hitter in baseball, wasn’t going to re-sign with St. Louis but instead, go with the Los Angeles Angels for a blockbuster contract worth $250-260 million dollars. How it played out on Twitter The Yahoo! Sports Big League Stew blog used CoverItLive to pull in...
How Twitter’s top news stories compare to Yahoo,... →
“With international stories comprising two-thirds of Twitter’s list…”
“But “I think, increasingly, we’re going to see the content in Facebook’s feed...”
– How Buzzfeed got its biggest traffic day…ever » Nieman Journalism Lab
The Checklist All Facebook Pages Absolutely Must... →
November 2011
16 posts
The most shared stories on Facebook in 2011
#1. Satellite Photos of Japan, before and after the quake and tsunami on The New York Times.
More stories: (via Most Shared Articles on Facebook in 2011 | Facebook)
“DataSift goes beyond what many social media monitoring companies do, says...”
– DataSift Launches Twitter Data Filtering Service - Forbes
Google+ Pages Can Now Be Managed With Third-Party...
The program will grant six companies early access to the Google API for the specific purpose of letting business owners manage their Pages. Google’s six launch partners include Hootsuite, Buddy Media, Context Optional, Hearsay Social, Involver and Vitrue.
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Differences between Google+ and Facebook
As media companies and brands (including Yahoo!) explore Google+, the big question is “What’s the difference between Google+ and Facebook?” Two features right off the bat: Google+ hangouts (multi-person video conferencing) Google Ripples (social map of how posts are shared over time) The first feature allows brand pages to easily hold video conferences with their followers no...
“Restrictive social-media policies make things worse”
– Twitter and journalism: It shouldn’t be that complicated — Tech News and Analysis
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We're on Google+!
Yahoo! Yahoo! News Yahoo! Autos Yahoo! Real Estate Yahoo! Shine Yahoo! Odd News
“The implementation is nothing special, it just drops users off on...”
– Firefox 8.0 Out Now, Will Bring Twitter Search to Millions of People
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Integrating bit.ly with Tweetdeck to track clicks
If you are using Tweetdeck for Twitter, this tip allows you to shorten URLS through Tweetdeck and track them through your bit.ly account. This tip also saves you from having to log into Bit.ly to shorten URLs before putting those into Tweetdeck. All that time adds up!
How to integrate Bit.ly + Tweetdeck:
1. Log into your bit.ly account 2. Click Settings > Copy the API Key 3. Open up Tweetdeck...
“This is where Google will have an advantage over Facebook: With a broad array of...”
– Why Google Plus Pages (Will) Beat Facebook. And Twitter | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
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A number of pages are already available, but any...
All American Rejects
Anderson Cooper 360
Angry Birds
Barcelona Football Club
Burberry
Dallas Cowboys
Fox News
Good Morning America
H&M
Macy’s
Modelland
The Muppets
Pepsi
Phoenix Suns
Save the Children
Toyota
Train
WWE
X Games
Zen Bikes
“So, “for us, it’s about nailing the core editorial proposition first”; the next...”
– Cyborg no more! The BBC moves to human-edited Twitter feeds » Nieman Journalism Lab
October 2011
31 posts
“We basically imagined three types of readers,” Pitney said. “One who just wanted...”
– Is the Huffington Post reinventing the art of liveblogging? » Nieman Journalism Lab
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Twitter's tips on integration, hashtags and...
Here are some notes from a Poynter webinar I attended. It was geared towards producers of live TV but Twitter’s Robin Sloan gave good tips that could easily be applied to a variety of media, blog and video accounts. As a side note, the Poynter webinar was awesome. It was surprisingly interactive and pretty entertaining.
Core metrics: Twitter sees 250M tweets a day, 100M active users, 50%...
