CHICAGO (AP) — Bridget Houlihan rifled through her gift bag and pulled out a gray T-shirt with a circular Chicago Cubs emblem on the front and FOLLOWER emblazoned across the back, resting on a row of logos from the top social media Web sites.Find out more from New York Times
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Facebook debuts, social-networking stocks fall
Facebook debuted on Wall Street on Friday with arguably the most high-profile initial public offering in history, but the lackluster trader response raised questions about how deeply investors are prepared to embrace social media.Find out more from San Francisco Chronicle
A look at Facebook by the numbers
By Matthew Shaer / May 19, 2012 With its much-ballyhooed IPO, Facebook remains the most popular social network in the world, outstripping all competitors in almost every key market. So say the folks at Nielsen, who yesterday released a new (and …Find out more from Christian Science Monitor
Schools grapple with social media
Several Rochester-area school districts have adopted policies addressing appropriate behavior with social media. Others are in the process of examining potential regulations for the future. The Churchville-Chili Central School District adopted a social …Find out more from Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Should High School Teams Use Social Media Networking Sites to Promote Their …
Contributor Network – 8 hours ago The Farmingdale Lady Dalers girls’ lacrosse team’s Twitter account (@dalerlax) is the perfect example of how a high school varsity squad can effectively use the popular social media networking site to promote its …Find out more from Yahoo! Sports
Social media stocks hammered as Facebook debuts
Social media stocks, led by Zynga Inc , slumped in volatile trading as traders used the securities to hedge or bet against the star of the sector, Facebook Inc , which went public in a disappointing debut on Friday. closed at $38.23, up less than 1 …Find out more from Hindustan Times
Beyond Facebook: A look at social network history
By BARBARA ORTUTAY Facebook may have made social networking a worldwide cultural phenomenon, but it wasn’t the first Internet company to connect people online. And it won’t be the last. Here’s a look at how social networking has evolved.Find out more from BusinessWeek
Social media: Was Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander jinxed?
Want to chat about Detroit sports? Join us at 4 pm Monday for our first Freep Sports Happy Hour, an open conversation about the topics you want to talk about. Submit your ideas now! Social media: Was Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander jinxed?Find out more from Detroit Free Press
Facebook or Flopbook – Friday’s Debut Decimates Other Social Media Stocks
Not so much for the shareholders of FB (insiders) or the underwriters, but certainly for the majority of investors in other social media stocks. Many had expected FB to act like a dot.com pop from the old days of the Wild West of the Internet Stock …Find out more from Daily Deal Media
Comfacts Social Media Registry Service Makes its Debut Online
Comfacts is a user-generated directory that lists company-owned social media accounts and helps companies manage their social media profiles. By News2u Inc. NEW YORK, May 18, 2012 — /PRNewswire-iReach/ — New2u Inc. announced today the launch of its …Find out more from Sacramento Bee
Blog posts about Social Media
10 B2B Tips – Promote Your Blog | Social Media Today
Establishing a blog is large effort for anyone. Corporate blogs are especially challenging given multiple contributors and groups participating. Whether you’re an individual starting a blog, a start-up, mid-size company or large corporation the …More By wenbryant
A multi-platform social media strategy increases Facebook …
Depending on their level of social media knowledge and their need to show the big number internally, you’ll sometimes get a directive from a marketer to focus on Facebook at the expense of other networks. After all, surely 900 million users …More By Dirk Singer
CasesBlog – Medical and Health Blog: Healthcare social media …
By [email protected] (Ves Dimov, M.D.) Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media in the past 2 weeks: Social media “likes” healthcare: From marketing to social business. Social media and health care: opportunities and obstacles – PWC …More CasesBlog – Medical and Health Blog
