Social Media in the News July 3rd 2011

Joseph Vangieri Social media: From Iran to Tunisia and Egypt and beyond, Twitter and Facebook are the power tools of civic upheaval – but social media is only one factor in http://lnkd.in/q6FruH

Social media: Did Twitter and Facebook really build a global... csmonitor.com

Social media: From Iran to Tunisia and Egypt and beyond, Twitter and Facebook are the power tools of civic upheaval – but social media is only one factor in the spread of democratic revolution. 

Joseph Vangieri In 2005, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp paid $580 million to purchase then-hot social media site Myspace. At that time, News Corp's rival Viacom Inc also tried http://lnkd.in/EXfi5Z

Specific Media Acquires Myspace for $35 Million socialbarrel.com

Advertising company Specific Media has finalized the deal with News Corp for acquiring Myspace for $35 million, reported Reuters. The team of Specific Media and singer Justin Timberlake will acquire Myspace. For the past few... 

Joseph Vangieri Livestrong CEO Doug Ulman, left, and panel moderator Jerry Murdock listen as Lance Armstrong discusses his utilization of social media during a plenary http://lnkd.in/aaRcWG

Armstrong, panel outline power, danger of social media postindependent.com

The use of social media has helped build the Livestrong Foundation into a powerhouse but, more importantly, it's helped individual cancer victims re (read... 

  Joseph Vangieri Eager to avoid protests on the national holiday, the government on Saturday began blocking access to the social media sites used to organize the activists http://lnkd.in/jVegUd

Belarus blocks social media sites on holiday google.com

 

Social Media in the News July 1st 2011

Joseph Vangieri In the last edition of a three part series, Creve Coeur Patch's Regional Editor looks at how area Chambers of Commerce have embraced social media tools. http://lnkd.in/RNBpSw

Keeping The Social in Social Media, Part Three crevecoeur.patch.com

In the last edition of a three part series, Creve Coeur Patch's Regional Editor looks at how area Chambers of Commerce have embraced social media tools. 

Joseph Vangieri Is your business using social media? You need content strategy‎ http://lnkd.in/9xWZTD

Is your business using social media? You need content strategy bizcommunity.com

In case you missed it: If your business is on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or any of the other social media platforms, you are officially a publisher. The barriers to using media to promote your company - or yourself - have been... 

Joseph Vangieri June 30 marks the second annual Social Media Day. It is organized, naturally, via social media to celebrate the revolution in the way humanity communicates. http://lnkd.in/S2xN5d

What to do for Social Media Day? Get connected! csmonitor.com

June 30 marks the second annual Social Media Day. It is organized, naturally, via social media to celebrate the revolution in the way humanity communicates. Here's how to join in. 

  Joseph Vangieri Troubled music chain HMV is pinning its hopes on shifting digital music players and headphones after a 'difficult and turbulent' year http://lnkd.in/PpQS62

Troubled music chain HMV's profits slump on death of the CD thisismoney.co.uk

HMV is pinning its hopes on shifting digital music players and headphones after a 'difficult and turbulent' year wiped out most of its profits. The 90-year-old group refused to update on recent trading and warned 

 

Joseph Vangieri It is understood that one option Virgin Media is considering is offering the new digital music service as a "bundle" with other products such as TV http://lnkd.in/2QS7nc

Virgin Media close to deal to pave way for digital music service guardian.co.uk

Virgin Media on verge of deal with Spotify and four record companies more than two years after unveiling plans for service. By Mark... 

Joseph Vangieri industries that have been affected by the Internet as much as the music industry. ... in a world of digital music sharing, marketing, and distribution http://lnkd.in/bNK69f

A free concert from the palm of your hand theglobeandmail.com

Apple's iTunes Festival kicks off on July 1 and lasts a month 

Joseph Vangieri Commenting about it, he said, "I personally can't stand digital music. You're getting sound in bits. It affects a different place in your brain http://lnkd.in/W2xXrC

Prince Says Digital Music Goes to Wrong Part of Your Brain mp3.about.com

An online music blog covering digital music news, online music services, mp3/media player reviews, free software, free mp3 downloads, tutorials, and more.

Social Media in the News June 30th 2011

Joseph Vangieri 2 social-media platform, with the right strategy, could be massive," says the CEO of Specific Media, the ad-targeting firm that snapped up the beleaguered http://lnkd.in/imTV7z

Can Justin Timberlake help bring Myspace back? content.usatoday.com

Can Justin Timberlake help bring Myspace back? -... 

Joseph Vangieri Happy Social Media Day From Mashable http://lnkd.in/ZxZb2d

Happy Social Media Day From Mashable mashable.com

Today we acknowledge and celebrate the technological advancements that enable everyone to connect with real-time information, communicate from miles apart and have their voices be heard. 

Joseph Vangieri Social media day: From Iran to Tunisia and Egypt and beyond, Twitter and Facebook are the power tools of civic upheaval – but social media is only one http://lnkd.in/dBMdm3

Social media day: Did Twitter and Facebook really build a global... csmonitor.com

Social media day: From Iran to Tunisia and Egypt and beyond, Twitter and Facebook are the power tools of civic upheaval – but social media is only one factor in the spread of democratic revolution. 

Joseph Vangieri Following in the footsteps of Lady Gaga, teen pop sensation Justin Bieber is the latest celeb to be Google-fied http://lnkd.in/XggwRi

Justin Bieber's Google Ad Shows Power of Social Media (Video) popeater.com

Following in the footsteps of Lady Gaga, teen pop sensation Justin Bieber is the latest celeb to be Google-fied for the tech company's latest... 

Joseph Vangieri The service is Google's latest introduction into the social media soirée as it tries to pull in some of Facebook's 600 million users with new features http://lnkd.in/SrdfMw

Google+ Changes the Social Media Game for Business pcworld.com

The search giant's new social network has big implications for the future of social media marketing. 

Joseph Vangieri While Heineken has used social media to advertise its products before--at the start of this year it launched a multimedia ad campaign with a new strapline http://lnkd.in/ma9w7y

Heineken looks to social media for brand push marketwatch.com

(Adds Heineken share price in final paragraph, partly rewrites 10th paragraph.) AMSTERDAM -(MarketWatch)- Heineken NV (HEIA.AE), which on Thursday confirmed it had signed a multi-million euros online advertising contract with... 

Joseph Vangieri Several of Osi's teammates also responded, including Justin Tuck, who recently said, “I honestly think social media has made people cowards, where I'm from http://lnkd.in/Py6iRc

Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants in a social media war of words washingtonpost.com

Members of the Eagles and Giants have engaged in an offseason war of words. Is this another symptom of the NFL lockout? 

Joseph Vangieri In his leather boots and cowboy hat, standing 6'6" with a deep southern drawl, country music superstar Trace Adkins joined the fight to protect Civil War http://lnkd.in/-b7_yK

Country music star fights to protect Civil War history abc27.com

One of Nashville's brightest stars made a pit stop in Gettysburg to help protect nearly 150 years of Civil War history.

Social Media in the News June 29th 2011

Joseph Vangieri You can easily find these apps by searching in the App Store. You'll need to have an account there, and the apps may cost a dollar or two. http://lnkd.in/gDm3cG

Essential Apps for iOS pcworld.com

Looking for the best iPhone apps? Here are our top picks, from social networking tools to entertainment programs. 

Joseph Vangieri Apple's new Final Cut Pro X editing software barely hit the Mac App Store before outraged users began their protests. Final Cut Pro professionals have a http://lnkd.in/mKMH5g

Apple swallows pride, issues refunds to irate Final Cut Pro X buyers digitaltrends.com

Apple may not be used to poor customer feedback, but it is responding to the heavy Final Cut Pro X... 

Joseph Vangieri Mobile Web apps escape Apple's iron grip http://lnkd.in/cB4D9S

Mobile Web apps escape Apple's iron grip money.cnn.com

Apple's new App Store rules are going into effect this week, but some companies are already ditching the app store for the Web to free themselves of the burden of doing business with each different smartphone operating system. 

Joseph Vangieri Your company's own app store http://lnkd.in/Hb3Gib

Your company's own app store tech.fortune.cnn.com

Joseph Vangieri Yesterday, we announced the arrival of Pokki, an app store for the PC. Today, yet another one has arrived and this one's called "Avenue" http://lnkd.in/HKqYn4

Social Media in the News June 28th 2011

Joseph Vangieri Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT) is a global digital media measurement and research company, serving the most recognizable companies in the entertainment industry http://lnkd.in/mYv2aG

Relativity Media Signs Digital Download Essentials Contract With... prnewswire.com

Relativity Media Signs Digital Download Essentials Contract With Rentrak. --Contract Expands Rentrak's Relationship with Relativity Media to Now Track Viewing Trends and Behaviors for the Studio's iVOD and EST Business--. 

Joseph Vangieri It also lobbied on an online privacy bill and regarding the taxation of digital media, among other issues. Gregory Barnes, who worked as counsel for the US http://lnkd.in/ZnnZEJ

Digital Media Assn. spent $70,542 lobbying in 1Q businessweek.com

The Digital Media Association, a group representing Internet media companies, spent $70,542 in the first quarter to lobby Congress on copyright law reform, the taxation of digital media and other issues, according to a recent... 

Joseph Vangieri WPP, the world's largest marketing group by sales, has created a unit for buying digital media, a one-stop shop http://lnkd.in/v5BUJK

WPP sets up digital media advertising unit ft.com

WPP, the world’s largest marketing group by sales, has created a unit for buying digital media, a one-stop shop for targeted, mobile and social network advertising that will directly compete with products from Google and... 

Joseph Vangieri The digital media educational service (www.pbslearningmedia.org) will be free to teachers, their students and families. It will include both library http://lnkd.in/vMJGrY (www.pbslearningmedia.org)

Social Media in the News June 27th 2011

Joseph Vangieri iSIGN is a business partner of AOpen America Inc., having an OEM agreement for the embedding of its IMS software in AOpen's digital media players and IBM http://lnkd.in/emSVX2

iSIGN Media Expands Upon Its Planned Acquisition of Pinpoint Media... marketwatch.com

Joseph Vangieri Hostworks provides digital media services and solutions to clients, including 10 of the 12 major Australian broadcasters and corporate media organizations http://lnkd.in/vCtJ74

Hostworks Scales Digital and Internet TV Services With Blue Coat... marketwatch.com

Joseph Vangieri After lapping up seven deals in the past five years, the company has decided to acquire a minority stake in Israel-based digital media company Web 3.0 fo http://lnkd.in/STMXfY

Ybrant Digital to acquire minority stake in Israel-based Web 3.0 economictimes.indiatimes.com

Estimates suggest that worldwide spend on mobile marketing, advertising and messaging to exceed US $3.3 billion in 2011, and reach $20.6 billion by 2015. 

Joseph Vangieri What's more, the report says, spending will continue its accelerating shift from traditional to new and emerging digital media platforms http://lnkd.in/XufZXG 

 

Joseph Vangieri The French media executive Frédéric Filloux labelled me a "digital media zealot" who "smokes his own exhaust" and engaged in "the collective glorification http://lnkd.in/2hBVPX

Digital first: what it means for journalism guardian.co.uk

Journalists have new roles to play in collaborating with the public and organising communities – and the article is reduced to part of the mix. By Jeff... 

Joseph Vangieri The companies coming together as Xaxis managed about $200 million in digital-media spending last year, a number expected to grow quickly this year http://lnkd.in/GkMhsc

WPP Links Ad Tech To Consumer Database online.wsj.com

WPP is launching a new company that will link ad-buying technologies with a large database of consumer profiles collected from their Web activities, allowing for personalized ads on the Web, social-networking sites, mobile...