Poor Steve Jobs Had to Go Head to Head With Weinergate in the Twitter Buzzstakes. And the Weiner Is …

Which brings me to this week's charticle and, oh yeah, Apple. (Remember Apple?) Any sort of new Apple product launch usually dominates Twitter. But could Steve Jobs & Co. overcome the buzz saw of the mighty Weiner? Thanks to data collected and parsed by our editorial partner Trendrr, the social-media monitoring firm, we now know: By the way, though we tend to focus on Twitter buzz in these weekly charticles, Trendrr tracks data from all sorts of different sources -- including eBay. So I'm indebted to the folks at Trendrr for calling my attention to a current auction titled "Anthony Weiner Replica Underwear New Twitter Weinergate," whose listing includes an unremarkable product shot of a pair of (thankfully unworn) gray underwear and this description: Bidding starts at 99 cents (plus $5.95 for shipping) -- or you can "Buy It Now" for just $499.99. Dumenco's Trendrr Chart of the Week is produced in collaboration with Wiredset, the New York digital agency behind Trendrr. Simon Dumenco is the "Media Guy" media columnist for Advertising Age. You can follow him on Twitter @simondumenco.

Poor Steve Jobs Had to Go Head to Head With Weinergate in the Twitter Buzzstakes. And the Weiner Is …

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