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UA Study Examines How News Spreads on Twitter

By Guest PostOctober 15, 2012Media, Technologyarizona, arstechnica, bbc, bbcbreaking, bbcworld, bloomberg, delicious, devi bhattacharya, digg, financial news, financial times, fireworks, Forbes, global news, guardian, mashable, microblogging website, network analysis, new york times, news agency, news articles, npr, online content, paulo goes, reddit, retweets, Reuters, social media, sudha ram, technology news, twitter account, twitter activity, twitter effectiveness, twitter feeds, university, us news, washington post, wired

A study of the Twitter activity of 12 major news agencies shows varying levels of success for the social network as a news-sharing tool, based on factors like article lifespan and number of retweets.

Nearly every major news organization has a Twitter account these days, but just how effective is the microblogging website at spreading news? That’s the question University of Arizona professor Sudha Ram set out to answer in a recent study of a dozen major news organizations that use the social media website as one tool for sharing their content.

The answer, according to Ram’s research, varies widely by news agency, and there may not be one universally applicable strategy for maximizing Twitter effectiveness. However, news agencies can learn a lot by looking at how their news diffuses once it is posted on Twitter, said Ram, McClelland Professor of Management Information Systems in the UA’s Eller College of Management. (more…)

BP to Pay $4,300 for Every Barrel of Spilled Oil

By Guest PostSeptember 18, 2010Economyalaska, american ecology, bp, bp platform, british company, clean water act, coast, deepwater horizon, exxon valdez, Forbes, gulf of mexico, Halliburton, most hated man, oil pollution act, platform, static kill technology, tony Hayward, u s government, united states

The scandal around the oil spilt into the Gulf of Mexico does not subside. On Thursday, the information was released that U.S. authorities are preparing a lawsuit against the owner of the exploded BP platform, demanding compensation for damage caused by the leakage. Fines can reach $4,300 for each barrel of oil spilt in the waters of the Gulf, i.e., a total of approximately $17.6 billion.

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The Virtual Future of Printed Media

By PravdaMay 27, 2010Technologyamerican magazine, apple, avatar, digital transformation, Forbes, internet, ipad, james cameron, media tycoon, multimedia, news corporation, paid subscription, playboy in 3d, pravda, printed media, Rupert Murdoch, virtual future, vitaly salnik, wired

Today is not the best time for printed press. It becomes obvious already that printed newspapers and magazines do not win the fight with online media.

However, the traditional media will not disappear.

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America’s Billionaires and Their Traits

By ShamsOctober 27, 20091 commentCulture, Technology2009, albert einstein, american billionaires, apple, Bill Gates, billionaire’s traits, Forbes, forbes list of billionaires, george schultz, Google Search, iPhone, jerry jang, michael dell, Microsoft, oval office, president herbert hoover, Reagan era, roman poet, Steve Jobs, u.s. foreign minister, virgil, Yahoo

It’s about a month that Forbes published its annual list of America’s 400 wealthiest citizens (of these 371 are billionaires).

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Powerful Women. The most powerful ones….

By ShamsAugust 30, 2008CultureAngela Merkel, Biocon, Forbes, Kiran Mazumder-Shaw, most powerful women, Queen Elizabeth II

German Chancellor Angela Merkel took the first position of Forbes’s 100 most powerful women in the world. Well-known faces like Condoleezza Rice went little bit down in the list. Rice got 7^th most powerful position. Hillary Clinton is not within the first ten. She got the 28^th position. But if she could be the Democratic Party candidate for the coming presidential election, she might be at the 2^nd or 3^rd position. But it doesn’t matter. She is one of the brightest women politicians of 21^st century.

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UA Study Examines How News Spreads on Twitter

BP to Pay $4,300 for Every Barrel of Spilled Oil

The Virtual Future of Printed Media

America’s Billionaires and Their Traits

Powerful Women. The most powerful ones….