Social Media News

"Any writer who is not on Twitter should have their writing hands chopped off." (NYT):

Twitter To Track Users Through Cookies, Log Data, and Widgets - Offers 'Do Not Track' Option:

Driven By Twitter Wit, Social TV "Hate Watching" Is Becoming The New Mystery Science Theater 3000:

Top 50+ creative writing professors on Twitter:

55% Of Brands Ignore Their Customers On Twitter And Facebook [Study]:

Google Missed The Boat On Buying Twitter. "Hasn't Been Interested Since They Committed To Google+":

How Pinterest Boosted Jetsetter's Traffic by 150%:

House Beautiful Lets Readers Post to Pinterest From Print:

House Beautiful's June Issue is Pinterest-Enabled:

Pinterest Is Turning Google+ Into A Ghost Town For Advertisers:

Proof That Pinterest Drives Sales, And Its Fans Spend Big:

Pinterest Raises $100 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation, Japanese E-Commerce Giant Leads Round:

Smart Post From Mark Cuban On IPOs (incl FB), Investors, and Why Mobile Is A Problem For Everyone:

Facebook's IPO performance confirms the peak of the Social Media Hype Cycle. Let the guru/media backpedalling begin!

HUGE Battle By Facebook Underwriters To Hold The IPO Price In The Final Minutes Of The Day:

Facebook's IPO a flop. Down $4 from opening price, just pennies above $38 offering price:

Mark Cuban >> "Facebook is the most important IPO ever – But not for the reasons you think":

Facebook Confirms IPO Share Price Of $38 To Raise $16 Billion:

Some Brands Are Seeing Significant Success on Google Plus:

New Trend >> Having A Celebrity Take Over Your Brand's Twitter Account:

55% Of Brands Ignore Their Customers On Twitter And Facebook [Study]:

10 Ways to Build Your Twitter Following Like Big Brands Do:

Hey Brands, Your Tired Attempts At "Authentic" Engagement Don't Scale, And Don't Work Anyway:

Social Media Has Made It Easier For The Masses To Be Heard, And For Brands To Mess Up: #BrandFail

As Facebook's Stock Struggles, Fingers Start Pointing (NYT): "It's a huge disappointment"

In Facebook Stock Rush, Fanfare vs. Realities: "Institutions ...were big sellers in the I.P.O."

Morgan Stanley May Have Spent Nearly $2 Billion To Keep Facebook Stock Above $38 Yesterday:

Unreal - Zuckerberg Avoids Millions In Taxes By Putting Stock In Trust For His Unborn Kids:

Underwriters spending $100's of millions trying to keep Facebook stock above $38/share right now.

ProTip: A company and it's stock are not the same thing.

Why I Quit Mark Zuckerberg's Online Collective Data Farm:

Mark Zuckerberg Is Learning That Public Companies Have No Privacy Settings:

Facebook Shareholders Are Wedded To The Whims of Mark Zuckerberg:

Mark Zuckerberg added a life event today, May 19, 2012 >> "Married Priscilla Chan" #NoHoodie

Mark Zuckerberg Marries Longtime Girlfriend Priscilla Chan:

A Letter from Mark Zuckerberg About Facebook's IPO: :)