A recent Burson-Marsteller study found that 79 percent of the largest 100 companies in the Fortune Global 500 index are using at least one of the most popular social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or corporate blogs. Like the Fortune 100 study found, Twitter is the social media platform of choice among the Fortune Global 100. [...] […]
By Douglas MacMillan for BusinessWeek For all its success in search, Google’s efforts in social networking have fallen flat. Orkut, a community site Google started in 2004, has gained popularity in a limited number of countries, including Brazil. Dodgeball, a location-based game Google acquired in 2005, was shuttered last year. Undaunted, Google is taking a […]
The New Orleans Saints’ victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of “M-A-S-H” to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, the Nielsen Co. said Monday. Compelling story lines involving the city of New Orleans and its ongoing recovery from Hurricane Katrina and [...] […]
In 2009, 275 new magazines were launched while 428 ceased publication, according to MediaFinder.com- the largest online database of U.S. and Canadian publications. Regional magazines topped the list of new launches with 21 new titles, such as Maine Magazine and B-metro Birmingham, while it also topped the list of ceased publications (34), with titles such [. […]