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We’re Number 410,102!!
The mainstream media are all a-Twitter over the decision by Pope Benedict XVI to Vati-tweet the faithful. From Tuesday’s New York Times: Twitter Has a New User: The Pope VATICAN CITY — Now trending on Twitter: Pope Benedict XVI. On Monday, the Vatican announced … Continue reading
The Digital Tuning Fork
Excellent Neil Swidey piece in Sunday’s Boston Globe Magazine about the rolling focus group that social media networks like Twitter and Facebook have become. Cambridge’s Bluefin Labs decodes social media chatter Facebook users “like” things 2.7 billion times a day. People share … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluefin Labs, Boston Globe, digital tuning fork, Facebook, Neil Swidey, Sneak ADtack, Twitter
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State o’ the News Media (Paul Ryan Twitter Edition)
There’s no more silly season in contemporary U.S. politics. It’s all silly. From Buzzfeed: Romney Veep Doesn’t Follow Him On Twitter Rep. Paul Ryan only follows the national debt. [UPDATE: His campaign account follows Romney.] And three more months to go? Aaccckk! … Continue reading
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Tagged Buzzfeed, follow, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, silly season, Twitter
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David Axelrod Is Full Of It
House of Obama consigliere David Axelrod tweeted this yesterday: This, as it happens, is a piece in Politico: GOP groups plan record $1 billion blitz Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives … Continue reading
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Tagged $750 million, 2008, consigliere, David Axelrod, House of Obama, Karl Rove, Koch brothers, Politico, Twitter
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Twitterati: Sponsored Tweets Out of Character
The Boston Herald has bad news today for the Twitterverse: Bitter over Twitter ads Twitter has rolled out a new advertising platform that disguises promotional tweets within the normal stream and risks major backlash from users. “Because it’s really short-form, a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Carl Howe, sponsored tweets, Twitter, Yankee Group
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NYT Bows To Pressure, Bars Campaign Outsider
When we last left the dogged opinion-mongering (or is that mongreling?) of Gail Collins, the hardworking staff had posted a comment on the New York Times website protesting her exclusion of our excellent Seamus Sweepstakes™ from yesterday’s column and said … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Burns, Brian Dawson, Buzzfeed, Dave Weigel, Gail Collins, New York Times, Seamus Swepstakes™, Twitter
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So Is This The “Twitter Election” Or Not?
From our We Don’t Have a Clue desk: Lots of conflicting stories about social media’s influence on the 2012 presidential bakeoff. Consider these headlines collected by the hardworking staff in just in the past week. From Time’s Swampland blog: Campaign … Continue reading
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