There was a fair bit of chatter in the blogosphere yesterday about an analysis by Ross Sandler at RBC showing the remarkable growth of Facebook and the traffic the site “drives” to Google.
The punch line that a bunch of folks took away from the analysis was that Facebook drives 19 percent of Google’s sessions.
I worked for Blockbuster for a brief period of time. I was the President of BBI responsible for new media. It was an excellent career move for me and despite my short time there I learned a lot, got to do a lot and almost became the kingpin of cable!
Amazon.com (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos has taken a stake in Twitter, the red-hot microblogging service. Twitter announced the move in a blog post Tuesday Bezos made the investment through Bezos Expeditions, a vehicle for his personal investments.
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