Among the subheds on the Snooki story:
I rest my case.
Make sure you catch Errol Morris’ fascinating documentary about a former beauty queen charged with abducting, imprisoning and raping a young Mormon missionary in the 1970s. Nearly 40 years after Joyce McKinney made tabloid headlines in the U.K., she still says the young Mormon was the love of her life.
More proof that you don’t put your brand — or reader engagement — in the hands of a child and/or buffoon.
An important question: Do female astronauts need to wear bras in space? http://tumblr.com/xul34cbn22—
(@Newsweek) June 22, 2011
What follows is a valid suggestion from a reader:
Everyone at Newsweek, please shoot yourself. RT @Newsweek: Do female astronauts need to wear bras in space?—
Joshua Treviño (@jstrevino) June 22, 2011
Many thanks to Kristi in Seattle for the link.
Ever the social media masters, the Obama administration uses flickr to publicize a series of pictures from inside the White House, depicting the hours leading up to the president’s announcement that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Just when I start to doubt social media’s muscle — (which happens when I garden) – something such as Sunday’s late-night announcement of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden’s death makes me believe again.
I was at work when the speculation started about Obama’s announcement, throwing in my ridiculous two cents, and watched as the news of Osama’s death evolved from 140-character rumors and bronzed soundbites into full-blown confirmed reports — all long before Obama took the lectern.
Right now Obama is arguing with his speechwriters about leaving in all the "I," "Me," and "My."—
'Jim' 'Treacher' (@jtLOL) May 02, 2011
Today, my Facebook feed, which is usually rife with Sunday night blues, dinner plans and high school reunion pics, is a welcome illustration of democracy: The mostly joyous status updates alternate between pointed-but-restrained praise for Bush’s post-9/11 efforts and nearly arrogant predictions of Obama’s 2012 victory. One or two friends have noted, rightly, that even after Osama’s demise, the United States will still have more enemies, and more than a few are quoting Mark Twain: “I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” A quick check of that quote shows me that it’s also all over Twitter today. Oh, maddening crowd.
Also on Twitter, there’s more celebrating and, of course, the news of the day: the quick-and-dirty posts that show who’s getting the facts fastest. I’ll have plenty of news to read when I go into work tonight, so until then I’ll enjoy a lighter perspective.
Does this mean that I can carry more than 2oz of shampoo in my carry-on bags now? #thewarisover #ha—
Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) May 02, 2011
Gannett ties CBS for 12th top #media company; tops Farmville maker. http://bit.ly/gx8icL ( via @paidContent)—
Jacqui Barrineau (@JBnotes) March 30, 2011
*Gannett launched a new branding campaign in early March.
Yahoo News looks at some of USA TODAY’s recent efforts to reinvent itself in as a digital destination, which includes a rollout of mobile applications for devices such as the Apple iPad and the new Motorola Xoom, which is powered by Android 3.0 Honeycomb.
From the story:
USA Today’s applications for mobile devices have been downloaded more than 6 million times, including 1.25 million designed for Apple Inc.’s hot-selling iPad. Mobile applications of The New York Times, another national newspaper that’s trying to gain more readers and make more money on the Web, have been downloaded more than 9 million times.
USA TODAY’s Jackie Kucinich looks at how 140 characters can hurt a political campaign in the digital age. A status update gone wrong can go viral — and fast — and the next thing you know, Politico is reporting your indiscretion and resignation.
From the story with the snazzy headline that I wrote:
The rise of social media such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have accelerated the rate an off-color remark or e-mail can be posted on a news site and in seconds turn into a national story read by millions of people.
Bill Burton, Democratic strategist and former spokesman for President Obama, puts the new dynamic in stark terms: “There is a lightning quickness to the speed at which candidates can build and accidentally dismantle their own campaigns. If candidates don’t figure out their place in the new digital world of politics, they will be destroyed by it.”
I'm Jacqui Barrineau, and I still haven't reached the end of the Internet.
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