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Nowadays, buzz around brands on the news, blogs, tweets and other social media that spreads through product launches, PR campaigns, earnings reports are as valuable as traditional ad campaigns. But buzz and social dialogue on the web is tough to...
Globe Newswire  4 hrs ago  Comment 
HOUSTON, Feb. 9, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newswire.net, Inc., a  subsidiary of Extensions, Inc (Pink Sheets:EXTI)  (www.ext.com), a technology company focusing on converting social media into keyword Search Engine Optimization (SEO) content,
TechCrunch  Feb 8  Comment 
With the Super Bowl yesterday came the time-honored Super Bowl commercials, each costing $2.5 million for a 30-second spot.  Even Google got in on the game with its first ever spot receiving rave reviews (although the commercial wasn't new). But...
Flightglobal  Feb 5  Comment 
Eurofighter Typhoon, Amsterdam Schiphol International airport and Things in the Sky blog have triumphed at Flightglobal's annual aviation web awards. The Webbies 2009, now in its second year, celebrate the best and brightest in aviation...
Cloud Computing  Feb 4  Comment 
Social media buzz came to a head with this week's FINRA webinar. "From the interest we're seeing and the calls we're getting,” Mr. Johnston said, “We thought financial professionals could use our new white paper ahead of Advisolocity’s...
PR Newswire  Feb 3  Comment 
TORONTO, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ - To view this Social Media Release, please enter the following address in your web browser. http://smr.newswire.ca/en/cibc/mobile-banking-app-iphone SOURCE CNW Social Media
The Globe and Mail  Feb 3  Comment 
In part two of his reflection on themes from this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Don Tapscott discusses the rise of social media and the growing role of women
Globe Newswire  Feb 3  Comment 
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 3, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Twitters (Critics) are raving about Kelsey Grammer's dive into social media. His new comedy show is an example of just that as he steps out of his traditional TV endeavors and rolls right into the Internet
Cloud Computing  Feb 3  Comment 
2009 has been a fun year for iSyndica. Think of it as jumping into the pool at 6 in the morning during the Winter. It’s -20 degrees outside and still dark. You don’t stay still for long and quickly start swimming because everything around...
Cloud Computing  Feb 3  Comment 
Increasing investment in social media, mobile marketing, email marketing and search will fuel a 17 percent surge in digital marketing spending this year, as marketers migrate budgets from television, print and radio. read more



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Social media describes websites that allow users to share content, media, etc. Common examples are the popular social networking sites like Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, etc. Social media also includes YouTube, Photobucket, Flickr, and other sites aimed at photo and video sharing. News aggregation and online reference sources, examples of which are Digg and Wikipedia, are also counted in the social media bucket.

  • News Corporation (NWS) owns Myspace, the most-viewed website in the world. It also purchased Photobucket, a photo-sharing website.
  • Yahoo! (YHOO) has been making moves to enter the social media segment. Its Flickr photo-sharing website and 360 social networking site are examples of this.
  • Google (GOOG) purchased YouTube, a leading online video sharing website.
  • Microsoft (MSFT) announced a minority $240 million investment in Facebook in late October, valuing the company at an estimated $5 to $15 billion overall.
  • AOL announced on March 2008 the $850 million purchase of Bebo. At the time, Bebo was the third largest social networking site behind MySpace and Facebook in terms of page views and unique monthly visitors, both key metrics for online advertising
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