Social Shopping Site Sneakpeeq Raises $2.7M From Bain Capital Ventures, Keith Rabois And Others

10 February 2012, 8:12 am

SneakPeeq, a social shopping startup that debuted at TechCrunch Disrupt last year, has raised a new round totaling $2.67 million from Bain Capital Ventures; Metamorphic Ventures; Keith Rabois , Tim Kendall , Mike Murphy , and Vikas Gupta . As we wrote in our initial review of Sneakpeeq, aims to repl... Read More »

Save the Date: Poynter, PR Newswire to Host "Creating Credible Content" Conference, April 11th to 13th

10 February 2012, 7:00 am

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  The Poynter Institute, in partnership with PR Newswire , is hosting a new conference and workshop series entitled " Creating Credible Content " ...... Read More »

Nic Adler to Receive Gravity Summit Social Media Marketer of the Year Award

9 February 2012, 12:05 pm

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nic Adler, owner of the legendary Roxy Theater on the Sunset Strip and Founder of Adler Integrated will receive the Gravity Summit Social Media Marketer of the ...... Read More »

Social Media Share a History Lesson

9 February 2012, 10:40 am

A nearly 150-year-old letter became a hot topic of conversation online last week, and in the process, illustrated many of the aspects of social media that its users find so attractive.... Read More »

Glam Media launches social network for food lovers

9 February 2012, 8:10 am

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - There are magazines, television shows and books about food. So why not a social network? That's the thinking behind online lifestyle publisher Glam Media's newest offering. On Thursday, the company launched Foodie.com, a social network devoted entirely to the gastro... Read More »

#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – use Topsy to search the social web

9 February 2012, 12:52 am

Use Topsy to search for stories in tweets and other social media posts... Read More »

Research shows you'll want to tweet this post

8 February 2012, 1:13 pm

This is a blog post about the sexy social media technology Twitter. It mentions Justin Bieber. You'll want to tweet it. At least, my editors hope you do. My job might depend on it.... Read More »

NFL using "social media command center" to manage Super Bowl chatter

4 February 2012, 11:02 am

Dubbed the “Super Bowl Social Media Command Center” by Raidious CEO Taulbee Jackson, the Indianapolis digital marketing firm will be handling all communication regarding the Super Bowl with 16 full-time employees and 30 volunteers, mostly journalism students from Butler University, Indiana U... Read More »

Columbia Journalism School and Stanford School of Engineering Announce Joint $30 Million Gift From David and Helen ...

30 January 2012, 10:00 am

NEW YORK, NY and PALO ALTO, CA-- - Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and Stanford University's School of Engineering today announced a $30 million gift from longtime Cosmopolitan magazine ...... Read More »

Columbia and Stanford Creating $30 Million Institute to Bridge Journalism and Tech

30 January 2012, 5:07 am

Big news on the innovation front: Columbia Journalism School and Stanford's School of Engineering are teaming up to create an Institute for Media Innovation. The Institute hopes to bridge the gap between journalism and technology and encourage collaboration between the two disciplines.... Read More »