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There's a Message to Marketers in Facebook's IPO Slide

There's a Message to Marketers in Facebook's IPO Slide

The stock market's subdued reaction to Facebook's IPO suggests doubts over the value of social engagement.

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How Brands Should Evaluate Startups

How Brands Should Evaluate Startups

Marketers are overwhelmed, but focusing on these criteria will help you see the forest for the trees when evaluating startups and new technologies.

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The Huffington Post Wants to Help Brands Create Their Own Content Sites

The Huffington Post Wants to Help Brands Create Their Own Content Sites

"It would allow a brand to be a publisher," one agency executive said, "and the HuffPo engine would power it so you would get all the social savvy that comes with the Huffington Post."

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A Week After CEO's Ouster, Everyone Has an Opinion on Yahoo

A Week After CEO's Ouster, Everyone Has an Opinion on Yahoo

Scott Thompson "was a terrible CEO for Yahoo," venture capitalist Fred Wilson said at TechCrunch Disrupt.

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Facebook Investors Are 'ZUCKERS!' (Says Murdoch Tabloid)

Facebook Investors Are 'ZUCKERS!' (Says Murdoch Tabloid)

It's a schadenfreude moment for Rupert Murdoch, who snatched up MySpace for what then looked like a bargain, $580 million, and sold it for $35 million.

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WPP's Group M Taps Buddy Media for Facebook Ads

WPP's Group M Taps Buddy Media for Facebook Ads

Advertising on Facebook has gotten a bad rap of late, but Group M, the media-buying unit of ad giant WPP, is licensing technology to make it easier for clients to spend money there.

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House Beautiful Lets Readers Post to Pinterest From Print

House Beautiful Lets Readers Post to Pinterest From Print

House Beautiful is letting users post photos from its print edition directly to Pinterest using smartphone apps, the latest effort by a magazine to make print more interactive.

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Are Consumers Ready for Mobile Grocery Shopping?

Are Consumers Ready for Mobile Grocery Shopping?

More mobile apps are popping up as tools for shoppers to find manufacturer deals and make lists as they trawl the supermarket aisles.

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Google+ a Ghost Town as Brands Decamp for Pinterest

Google+ a Ghost Town as Brands Decamp for Pinterest

While the broad consensus among digital marketers is that Google+ is an empty city where the masses go to set up a profile but then seldom return, Google is continuing to double down on the investment.

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To Deliver For Wall Street, Facebook Must Convince Madison Avenue

To Deliver For Wall Street, Facebook Must Convince Madison Avenue

The social network went public with huge buzz, but it's closing stock price and GM's statement that it was pulling its ads, raised a question for investors and for advertisers: Just what should they expect from Facebook?

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TV's Upfront Pitch: Our Shows Offer Best Social-Media Traction

TV's Upfront Pitch: Our Shows Offer Best Social-Media Traction

In nearly every upfront presentation, the TV networks took pains to stress their expertise in connecting advertisers to consumers, not only with splashy TV programs but also via social media.

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Facebook's $38 IPO at End of First Day of Trading Worth ... $38

Facebook's $38 IPO at End of First Day of Trading Worth ... $38

Facebook hovered near the initial public offering price in its trading debut, following a record IPO.

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Top 10 Twitter Trends of the Week: 'Little Monsters' Multiply and Pop Grips the Chart

Top 10 Twitter Trends of the Week: 'Little Monsters' Multiply and Pop Grips the Chart

Pop stars command the five largest followings on Twitter, so a pop-heavy list of trends should be no surprise this week -- or any week.

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Yahoo Taps Mollie Spilman as New Chief Marketing Officer

Yahoo interim CEO Ross Levinsohn reorganized the management team of the struggling web portal after taking the helm earlier this week, naming Mollie Spilman as chief marketing officer.

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Foursquare Hires Former iAd Exec as Revenue Chief

A darling of the New York startup scene starts to get serious about building a business out of its 20 million users.

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Facebook IPO Eclipses Google, GM

Facebook Inc. gained as much as 18% in its trading debut, following a record initial public offering that made it more costly than almost every company in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.

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Amazon to Sell Ads on Kindle Fire Welcome Screen -- If You Have $600K

The Kindle Fire is Amazon.com's best-selling product, the company said in its first-quarter-earnings release. And it's being treated that way by the Amazon ad sales team.

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Brands on Facebook: Advertising Is Optional

One in five clicks in the U.S. happens on Facebook, and most brands maintain a presence there and carefully cultivate their fan base. But do they need to advertise as well?

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Turner Takes Stake in Funny or Die, Will Manage Site's Ad Sales

Funny or Die CEO Dick Glover said the site has done well but still doesn't have big enough reach.

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Siri, Why Don't You Speak Spanish?

With the voice-activated assistant its big selling point, the iPhone 4S has flown off the shelves, despite putting off the U.S. ethnic group most gaga for smartphones: Hispanics.

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Intel Launches Employee-Curated Digital Magazine

It looks like Flipboard, aggregates and posts like Reddit, and presents news like Newsmap. Intel iQ, launching today, is the tech giant's latest content-marketing experiment.

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