Saturday, March 26, 2011

News of the week

Upon arriving home from Mizzou and reading my GoogleReader page, I found a ton of interesting articles!

New York Times implements pay wall starting this Monday :(

New words added to the dictionary- Some of these include the "heart" symbol <3>

Mark Zuckerberg officially "in a relationship" Most people follow the lives of celebrities and other public figures, whereas I am a freak and find the finder of Facebook incredibly interesting. His girlfriend of many years if finally in a "Facebook" relationship with him, and my group of friends laughed at the fact that they met in the hallway of a fraternity (AEPi) party.

People to blame for Rebecca Black trending on Twitter for days- This Ad Age story highlights popular figures who kept Rebecca Black being mentioned worldwide for so long.

Erroneous message about gunman warning sent out at U of I- The U of I emergency system accidentally sent out an alert system message that a gunman was on campus...ironically, during spring break. I can only imagine what type of outbreak would have occurred before they corrected it 10 minutes later if students were on campus.

State of Illinois selling advertisement space on sides of Highway Emergency Lane Patrol trucks- Take advantage of stranded motorist and advertise on emergency trucks! That's what Illinois will be doing...I wonder what kind of companies will purchase ad space on here. #mediaplanningfreak

Properly appraising social media sites - This Ad Age story discusses how Facebook is valued at $41 billion, and explains that social media sites should be evaluated based on their reach, frequency, advertising strategy and more.

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