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Twitter users like mainstream media less than bloggers

While mainstream media accounted for about 80% of all items linked in blogs, while online about a third of links on Twitter are to mainstream media sites, according to The State of the News Media 2010 report.

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Internet ad spending increased in 2009

Internet display advertising expenditures increased 7.3 percent in 2009, aided by sharply higher spending from the telecom, factory auto and travel categories, according to data released today by Kantar Media, the leading provider of strategic advertising and marketing information. Total advertising expenditures fell 12.3 percent in 2009 to $125.3 billion as compared to 2008

Americans are becoming news “grazers”

The American news consumer is increasingly becoming a grazer, across both online and offline platforms, according to new research from PEJ and the Pew Internet and American Life Project. “On a typical day, nearly half of Americans now get news from four to six different platforms—from online to TV to print and more.”

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The best of South by Southwest (SXSW)

Interesting ideas coming out of South by Southwest (SXSW). Here are a few  good summaries:

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News is a social experience

The latest Pew Internet & American Life Project report, “Understanding the Participatory News Consumer,”  examines how Americans are increasingly using their social networks and social networking technology to filter, assess, and react to news.

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Rob Glaser: Superphones are the future of media

RealNetworks Chairman Rob Glaser thinks that the future of media is in information consumed on “superphones” on the go.

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Google: “Online news is…a labor time activity”

Hal Varian, Chief Economist for Google, says, “online news reading is predominately a labor time activity while offline news reading is primarily a leisure time activity. One of the big challenges facing the news industry is increasing involvement with the news during leisure hours, when readers have more time to look at both news content and ads.”

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Shorty Awards given for best Twitterers

The second annual “Shorty Awards” were announced Wednesday night honoring the best producers of “short real-time content” on Twitter. Read more »

Seth Meyers jokes about social media

Saturday Night Live’s Seth Meyers shared some great social media zingers on Tuesday night in NYC at a special private event hosted by social marketing company Buddy Media.

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Chart Porn

Chart Porn is a cool collection of interesting charts, tables, maps, and interactive data toys — with a focus on economics and graphic design – as the site says, “data visualizations you just gotta love.”

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