Adam Lambert thrilled fans by winning “Best F**k Yeah Tumblr” award Thursday night. Lambert received the award from MTV O Music Awards, which was the first annual show honoring the music industry on the Internet. The award celebrated the Adam Lambert fan site for its extensive coverage of the former American Idol contestant, who is now a trendy entertainer.
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Twitter marked the five-year anniversary of its first Tweet, sent by co-founder Jack Dorsey March 21, 2006, with a blog post by Carolyn Penner highlighting important Twitter numbers besides 140:
Five years ago this week, a small team of people started working on a prototype of the service that we now know as Twitter. On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey (@jack) sent the first Tweet.
Today, on every measure of growth and engagement, Twitter is growing at a record pace. Here are some numbers:
#tweets
3 years, 2 months and 1 day: The time it took from the first Tweet to the billionth Tweet.
1 week: The time it now takes for users to send 1 billion Tweets.
50 million: The average number of Tweets people sent per day, one year ago.
140 million: The average number of Tweets people sent per day, in the past month.
177 million: Tweets sent March 11, 2011.
456: Tweets per second (TPS) when Michael Jackson died June 25, 2009 (a record at that time).
6,939: Current TPS record, set four seconds after midnight in Japan on New Year’s Day.
#accounts
572,000: Number of new accounts created March 12, 2011.
460,000: Average number of new accounts per day over the past month.
182 percent: Increase in number of mobile users over the past year.
#employees
8, 29, 130, 350, 400: Number of Twitter employees in January 2008, January 2009, January 2010, January 2011, and today.
NBC News’ MSNBC Digital Network and TODAYshow.com reported strong showings in January in terms of video streaming.
The MSNBC Digital Network tallied 161.7 million total online video streams for the month, fueled by the shootings in Arizona, flooding in Australia, mudslides in Brazil, President Barack Obama‘s State of the Union address, and the political turmoil in Egypt. The January figure topped the previous record from June 2009, which featured coverage of the death of Michael Jackson, by 6 percent.
And the Web site for NBC’s morning stalwart, Today, set a new site record with 63.1 million streams in January, surpassing the old mark of 58 million, which was set in August 2010. Former homeless radio announcer Ted Williams, a woman who had been kidnapped more than 23 years ago, the upcoming royal wedding, the winter weather, and the Arizona shootings were strong factors.
‘Tis the season for year-end lists, so Experian Hitwise chimed in with some of its own, revealing its 10 most searched terms for 2010, as well as most visited Web sites, and top searches from various categories.
The top 10 most searched terms of 2010:
facebook login
youtube
craigslist
myspace
facebook.com
ebay
yahoo
www.facebook.com
mapquest
The same list for 2009:
myspace
craigslist
youtube
yahoo mail
yahoo
ebay
facebook login
myspace.com
CNN released its Election Day statistics for CNN.com via Omniture and for CNN Mobile via Bango.
CNN.com tallied nearly 80 million page views Tuesday, its highest-trafficked day since July 7, 2009, the day of the memorial service for Michael Jackson. Traffic was up 61 percent compared with the prior-four-week average and 10 percent over the day of the rescue of the Chilean miners.
Unique visitors to CNN.com were up 26 percent versus the prior-four-week average and 10 percent versus numbers for the 2006 midterm Election Day, totaling more than 11.2 million. Nearly 250,000 live videos were viewed, up fourfold from the prior-four-week average.
CNN Politics nearly doubled its prior-four-week average, with more than 25 million page views, and blog CNN Political Ticker saw a 62 percent gain, collecting more than 2 million views.
CNN Mobile welcomed more than 2.2 million unique visitors Tuesday, up 30 percent compared with the prior-four-week average, and mobile page views were up 42 percent to 7.3 million.
ABCNews.com will have a new managing editor after the midterm elections Nov. 2: Laiea Smith, who has been with ABC News for more than 10 years, most recently as a senior producer for World News Weekend and special events.
She will lead day-to-day editorial efforts and help to further integration with other ABC News platforms. Smith reports to ABCNews.com executive producer Ed O’Keefe.
Smith has also served as a senior producer for ABC News Now and overseen the third hour of Good Morning America, and she has worked as a field producer in Amman, Jordan, and Baghdad after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and on the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina.
She has also worked on the coverage of stories including the inauguration of President Barack Obama, the 2008 presidential election, and the deaths of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Michael Jackson.
Auditions for the 10th season of American Idol are under way, and potential contestants don’t even have to wait in line: Through Oct. 6, singers and wannabe singers between 15 and 28 can submit audition videos via MySpace.
Songs from artists including Michael Jackson, Coldplay, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Whitney Houston, and Maroon 5 can be chosen, and audition videos can be shared via other social networks, such as Facebook and twitter
MySpace hosted similar auditions for Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, and MySpace Karaoke general manager Mari Bower discussed other previous related initiatives in a post on the MySpace Blog:
The American Idol auditions on MySpace are an extension of our talent-discovery program as we give our users even more unique opportunities in entertainment, including our recent successful auditions programs. As most of you know, we held the MySpace Glee casting call last spring, which brought a whopping 34,000 audition submissions, more than 105 million gold stars given, and 23 million video views. We also just announced the latest member of the If I Can Dream house, cast directly from MySpace, Jordyn Mallory. Check out her time in the house so far and get more info her and the rest of the talented cast here.
American Idol host Ryan Seacrest on the MySpace auditions:
AMERICAN IDOL ONLINE AUDITIONS
American Idol | MySpace Video
The news has arrived: John Mayer has canceled his Twitter account. The famous music artist is terminating his Twitter career because his tour is now over and he is going to focus on studio time — now, his 3.7 million followers will have to look to his blog (on the rising star blog platform Tumblr) for his personal touch. Though some may be sad to see the sultry singer’s tweets go, there are more than a few celebrities who would do well to follow his lead and give their tweeting a rest. Here are the top three stars who should quit while they’re (not) ahead.
When Michael Jackson first performed the moonwalk on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever in 1983, the move immediately became an instant hit. Jackson’s signature move is recognized and loved around the world, as well as on YouTube. Earlier this week a new clip of a shopper, moonwalking with his cart through Wal-Mart, became one of YouTube’s next viral hits and it has inspired us to put together a list new list for your viewing pleasure. So strap on your dancing shoes and get ready to moonwalk your way through the top 10 moonwalking videos on YouTube!
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When Michael Jackson died we lost the King of Pop, but we were introduced to his kids, Paris, Prince and Blanket. In life, Michael did his best to keep his children hidden from the public eye. However, you can now catch a glimpse of them on the web. Several clips featuring Paris and Blanket Jackson are circulating YouTube, showing fans that even the children of celebs are really just kids at heart.
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