Social Media

At a press conference in New York Thursday afternoon AOL’s Huffington Post Media Group gave a preview of a new streaming network that will launch later this year. Founding editor Roy Sekoff, who will be leading the network, described the programming as a series of live and interactive clips covering everything from entertainment to politics.

When newspapers started moving online, the technological gap between those who had grown up with computers and those who had not led to a lot of opportunities for younger professionals to jump in and bring the news into the 21st century. Now that it’s 2012, those same young people may be wondering what they were [...]

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including Morin Oluwole (Facebook), Michael Brito (Edelman Digital), and Tim Devane (bitly).   Register now.

On today’s Morning Media Menu (MP3 link), Social Times joined Jason Boog, the editor of our sister blog, GalleyCat for a chat about some of our top stories in social media this week, from the Huffington Post’s new streaming network to themed playlists on Spotify.

This week, Yahoo! Commerce is hiring a social editor, while Make Up For Ever is looking for a director of e-commerce and online marketing. Dwell Studio is in need of a community manager, and Amalgamated Bank is seeking a social media manager. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional just-posted [...]

The privacy issues surrounding Google+ are making people long for simpler times when the Internet was more about finding than being found. But, as this infographic shows, things could be a lot worse.

At a press conference in New York Thursday afternoon AOL’s Huffington Post Media Group gave a preview of a new streaming network that will launch later this year. Founding editor Roy Sekoff, who will be leading the network, described the programming as a series of live and interactive clips covering everything from entertainment to politics.

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) has an illustrious past.  A great metaphor, considering EA’s own NBA series of games, is someone like Michael Jordan, who after taking some time off from being a champion with the Chicago Bulls, returned back to the game after an absence.  But the game had changed.  He played for the Washington Wizards, [...]

While the Giants take on the Patriots at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis this weekend, the Host Committee organized for the event will look after their fans from the watchful computer screens of the Indianapolis Social Media Command Center.

You may remember Mobli as the visual social media platform that Leonardo DiCaprio invested in back in October, that has also attracted big names like Paris Hilton, David Arquette and more. This week, Mobli is adding another big star to their roster, announcing a new partnership with seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong.

The laws of Tumblr are not unlike the laws of physics: for every action, there is an equal and opposition reaction. In the case of the Republican primaries, real debates have sparked facetious posts.  This Election 2012 Report from Tumblr shows the blog community’s reaction to the Republican primaries.  And they are hilarious.

Career networking sites like LinkedIn were supposed to replace business cards, but exchanging email addresses with a smartphone just isn’t as smooth as handing over the real thing. Last year LinkedIn acquired a mobile business card transcription service called CardMunch to bridge the gap between an in-person meeting and an online connection. Now the network [...]