“Meme” is the word of the week, with a great article from Ad Age about “Meme Marketing” that I thought was very thought-provoking. Also, news about Yahoo!’s microblogging platform called “Meme” which has opened its API to third party developers. (Never heard of Yahoo! Meme? Don’t feel bad, I hadn’t either.)
MySpace hires a former MTV executive Nada Stirratt to become the new chief revenue officer, overseeing ad sales globally. This move is in line with MySpace’s goal to become the niche entertainment/music social networking site, and I think it’s smart. Reorganizing its business model around this niche is the only way MySpace is going to be relevant, and I’m rooting for them.
Mashable
Flickr: 4,000,000,000 Photos And Counting
Top 5 Twitter Trends to Watch Right Now
Social Media Campaign to Beat Cancer Eyes Record in Guinness Book
5 Ways Social Media is Changing Our Daily Lives
Ad Age
Cheezburger Network CEO Ben Huh Takes Over the Net One Kitteh at a Time
Bing Gains Advertising Dollars in Addition to Traffic
What’s Behind Viral Success? Great Meme Marketing
Why the FTC’s Social-Media Guidelines Are Great News for Marketers
Why the FTC’s Guidelines Are a Case of Government Gone Wild
TechCrunch
Wall Street Journal
U.K. Twitter Campaign Helps Curb Gag on Press
Drink’s iPhone ‘App’ Gets Anger Flowing
MySpace Tries to Recover Its Cool
Blogs & Other News Sources
Microsoft’s Sidekick/Pink problems blamed on dogfooding and sabotage
Miami firm says it will lay first US-Cuba fiber
Wi-Fi Direct Could Be the Death of Bluetooth
