Earlier this week, Shira Lazar of What’s Trending had the exciting opportunity to sit down with Sir Richard Branson on the inaugural Virgin American flight from LA to Philadelphia and talk to him about everything from social media to Virgin Galactic, and he even offers advice for those looking to start their own businesses.
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. 
Over the weekend, Shira Lazar of What’s Trending sat down with Forest Whitaker in the SXSW Samsung Blogger Lounge to talk about Juntoboxfilms.com—the collaborative film studio that makes filmmaking social that just named Whitaker as their co-chair.
What’s Trending, the weekly web talk show about the hottest trends in web culture created by Shira Lazar and Damon Berger, launches a brand new season this morning/afternoon at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET, featuring Margaret Cho, Attack of the Show’s Kevin Pereira, Missi Pyle from The Artist and a performance from musician John West.
Snoop Dogg is not only one of the world’s most popular rappers, but he’s also a king of social media, with over 4.4 million followers on Twitter and over 12 million fans on Facebook. Last week he sat down with Shira Lazar on What’s Trending to talk about everything from his own online activities to meeting Mark Zuckerberg at F8 this year, engaging with fans and more.
What’s Trending is working together with Klout to invite top influencers in the fields of Tech, Media/Entertainment and Social Media to be a part of the show’s live audience.
What’s Trending is a new kind of news show that is based on the hottest online trends that are shaping and shifting conversation in the offline world. I had the chance to chat with Shira about the new project.
I had the opportunity to talk to TV and Web Personality Shira Lazar about The Partners Project, her new YouTube talk show in which she interviews YouTube partners. Read more after the jump.
