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Friday, May 22, 2009

Web 2.0: Managing Corporate Reputations

Michelle Conlin and Douglas MacMillan

Companies are scrambling to silence errant messages while exploiting social networks.

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Blogola: The FTC Takes On Paid Posts

Douglas MacMillan

Readers of Adventures in Babywearing, a blog for parents, got an up-close look at the Ergo, a $135 embroidered baby carrier in a shade called “organic blue” in a May 14 post on the site.

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Monday, May 11, 2009

CEOs Who Use Twitter

Douglas MacMillan and Rebecca Reisner

In August 2008 we reported on 18 chief executives who use the microblogging application Twitter to clue customers in on new services, help them with questions about their products, and generally get a little bit personal with customers, business associates, and the public.

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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Social Media: The Ashton Kutcher Effect

Douglas MacMillan

Where celebrities go, fans follow. The truism applies as much in social media as in the real world, David Karp noticed after famous artists began using his blogging service Tumblr.

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Friday, January 23, 2009

Online TV Sites Battle for Viewers

Douglas MacMillan

On TV, content is king. But on the Web, community may reign supreme. Throughout television history, the way to lure most viewers was to air the best shows. It doesn’t necessarily work that way on the Web, where many shows can be seen on multiple sites.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The End of Instant Messaging (As We Know It)

Douglas MacMillan

It’s the end of instant messaging as we know it. Those chat boxes once commonplace on a computer desktop amid documents, Web browsers, and spreadsheets are giving way to a new breed of user-friendly, real-time conversation tools that Internet companies hope will keep users engaged with their content–and the advertising that appears alongside it.

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