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The Intersection of News and Social Conversation

Sam Fiorella | Posted 05.15.2013 | Media
Read More: Cnn, Social News, Social Media, Cable News, Twitter, Ireport, News Reporting, Interview, Media News
Sam Fiorella

"You know who's the all-time champion here? Jake Tapper. His Twitter stream is a crazy mix of scoops and sports scores and good reads from the competition, with the occasional picture of a lost dog (Twitter's version of service journalism?)."

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Boston Tragedy -- One Click Away

Amy Wu | Posted 04.16.2013 | Media
Read More: Boston, Social Media, Facebook, China, Hong Kong, Boston Marathon, Digital Media, Social News, Media News
Amy Wu

Boston seems so far away -- another world -- a city transformed by an act of sheer evil. This morning in Hong Kong I opened my iPod, logged onto Facebook and learned about the tragedy at the Boston Marathon.

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Now You Can Create Your Own Magazine With Flipboard

Craig Kanalley | Posted 04.01.2013 | Technology
Read More: Social Media, Personalization, Flipboard, Social Networking, Social News, Digital Magazines, Personalized News, New Flipboard, Craig Kanalley, Smarter Ideas, Tablets, Ipad, Technology News
Craig Kanalley

Flipboard unveiled a major upgrade to its iOS app on Wednesday, including the ability to create your own magazine. It's a natural progression for the app that now goes from a consumption platform to a creation one as well.

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If You Were Dying, Would Anybody Help?

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 05.19.2013 | Impact
Read More: Citizenship, Steubenville Rape Case, Social News, Corporate Liability, American Culture, American Values, Business News, Bakersfield 911 Call, Business Social Responsibility, Rescuers, Holocaust, Schools, Bystanders, Values Cliff, Impact News
Stuart Muszynski

Who is responsible for this "values cliff" and how do we get back on track to a shared expectation of decency, responsibility and citizenship that we all can say is the real America of our traditions, aspirations, hopes and dreams?

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Marissa Mayer Snaps Up Startup

Reuters | Gerry Shih | Posted 03.25.2013 | Technology
Read More: Google, snip.it, Video, Twitter, Pinterest, Social News, Marissa Mayer, Ceos, Reuters, Marissa Mayer Yahoo, snip.it Yahoo, Snip It Yahoo, Marissa Mayer Google, Silicon Valley, Yahoo, Technology News

By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc <YHOO.O> said on Tuesday it has bought "social news" start-up Snip.it, the late...

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Obama's AMA, GIFs and Reddit's Other Top Posts Of 2012

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 01.02.2013 | Technology
Read More: Top Reddit Posts 2012, Reddit, Funny, Social Media, Video, Barack Obama Reddit AMA, Social News, Snoop Dogg, Reddit AMA, Gifs, Top Reddit Posts, User Generated Content, Viral, Barack Obama, Technology News

User-generated content community Reddit had a banner year in 2012, with approximately 37 billion page views in 2012. But it was an appearance by the l...

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Did A Teen Redditor Break The Aurora Shooting Story?

Posted 07.20.2012 | Teen
Read More: Video, Aurora Shooting News, Morgan Jones, Aurora Colorado Shooting, Reddit Breaking News, Social News, Aurora Shooting 2012, Aurora, Aurora Shooting, Aurora Theater Shooting, Teen Redditor, Teen News

In an unbelievable display of citizen journalism, an 18-year-old Reddit user shared up-to-the-moment coverage of yesterday's Aurora shooting through t...

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Interview with Ryan Yoon, Editor-in-Chief of The GROUND

Joseph Sutton | Posted 08.06.2012 | New York
Read More: Photography, Magazine, Social Media, Social News, Art, Style, Print, Artists, Web Journalism, Fashion, Media, Music, Journalism, New York News
Joseph Sutton

I sat down with The GROUND founder and editor-in-chief Ryan Yoon, who told me all about his multi-faceted background, and how his experiences led him to spearheading a fresh and new experiment in the print, web and creative industries.

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A Student Perspective: Generational Differences in News Use

Lindsay Hoffman | Posted 07.21.2012 | College
Read More: Social Media, Social News, News Consumption Differences, News Consumption, New Media, Media, Reading-News, News, Getting the News, College News
Lindsay Hoffman

The Pew Research Center has identified three types of media users: Traditionalists, Integrators, and Net-Newsers. I am in my 20's and am a Net-Newser. My mom, on the other hand, is a Traditionalist.

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WATCH: Arianna Discusses New Media With JWT's Bob Jeffrey

Huff TV | Posted 04.23.2012 | Media
Read More: Arianna, New Media, Social News, Media, Huffington Post, News, Video, Media News
Huff TV

Arianna discussed the evolving role of media with JWT's Bob Jeffrey. "At the heart of the Huffington Post is engagement, and if you think of it, that...

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Reddit Declares 'Independence'

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 11.06.2011 | Technology
Read More: Reddit, Conde Nast Reddit, Video, Conde Nast, Reddit Inc., Social News, Reddit Independence, Advance Publications, Advance Publications Reddit, Technology News

Publishing giant Conde Nast is spinning off social news website Reddit into a new independent entity, Reddit Inc. Under the restructuring, Condé N...

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Love, Sex, Careers, and Modern Parenting: Introducing HuffPost Women and HuffPost Parents (Plus, We Reach a Cool Community Milestone!)

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.30.2011 | Women
Read More: Women, Black Voices, Parents, Parenting, Women's Issues, HuffPost Social News, Social News, Women News
Arianna Huffington

So much of the news and information directed at women these days seems determined to make us feel that our lives are somehow lacking. Not at HuffPost Women, which is designed to be a place where women can come to be informed, inspired, entertained, and celebrated.

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LinkedIn Launches Social News Service

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Linkedin Today, Video, Linkedin, Linkedin News, Poll, Social News, Technology News

Business-focused social network LinkedIn announced Thursday the launch of a personalized news aggregation product called LinkedIn Today. Available ...

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How to Design and Structure a Successful Personalized Newspaper

Matt Schlicht | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Matt Schlicht, Itstrending, Personalized-Newsstand, Friendshuffle, Twitter, Facebook, Social News, Technology News
Matt Schlicht

Ultimately the Personalized Newspaper must instantly deliver a meaningfully personalized experience upon sign up and continue to evolve with the user's interests with no manual input.

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Facebook CTO On The Social Revolution's Next Frontier

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Facebook Cto, Social News, Social Networks, Facebook News, Facebook, Facebook Bret Taylor, The Future, Technology News

Each week we ask chief technology officers and other high-profile tech decision-makers three questions. This week, Bret Taylor, chief technology of...

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Stories You Might Like: Join Our Beta Program to Test HuffPost Recommendations

Rob Fishman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Stories You Might Like, Recommendations, Huffington Post, Facebook, Social News, Story Recommendations, Media News
Rob Fishman

Using the articles and interests that you've made public on your Facebook profile -- both from within Facebook and across the web -- we've developed a recommendation engine to help point you towards HuffPost stories you'll like.

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How A Stocking Stuffer Turned Me Into An Entreprneur

Chase Garbarino | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: News Sites, Lehman Brothers, College, Social News, Campusword, Pinyadda, Small Business America, Business News
Chase Garbarino

On Christmas Day in 2005, during my junior year of college, my mother gave me a copy of the Small Business Opportunities magazine in my stocking. To t...

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Announcing the HuffPost Pundit Badge Program

Adam Clark Estes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Commenting, Comments, Social News, Badges, Community Moderators, Community, Moderator Badge, HuffPost Backstage, Politics News
Adam Clark Estes

Commenters earn a Pundit badge by consistently contributing insightful, informative, and engaging commentary. They are being recognized for driving discussions and adding value to our news coverage -- regardless of their political leanings.

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HuffPost Social News Expands to LinkedIn

Paul Berry | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Linkedin, Huffington Post, Huffpost, Social Networking, Social News, Business News
Paul Berry

I'm excited to announce that starting today, LinkedIn users can share their favorite HuffPost business news articles with their LinkedIn network.

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Announcing HuffPost Thursdays: Meetup To Talk About The News

Adam Clark Estes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Foursquare, Social Media, Apple, Huffpost Thursdays, Scott Heiferman, Social News, Meetup, Ipad, Eyes and Ears, Politics News
Adam Clark Estes

The Huffington Post has teamed up with Meetup -- a global network of local groups with common interests -- to turn the conversations about the news on our site into face-to-face encounters.

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Remembering HumeSkeptic and CarlV

Kathy Marcel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: HuffPost Community, Commenting, Sarah Palin Memoir, Humeskeptic, Carlv, Social News, HuffPost Backstage, Media News
Kathy Marcel

Two of HuffPost's most prolific and committed community members recently passed away. The HuffPost Comment Moderation team would like to dedicate this post to their memory.

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The First Internet Marketing Conglomerate Launches into Cyberspace

Neal Rodriguez | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Social Media, Interactive Agency, Social News, Blog-Outreach, Internet Marketing, Media News
Neal Rodriguez

A full-suite of proprietary tools and management by some of the most acclaimed pundits executing web marketing strategy gives you the first internet marketing conglomerate on the planet.

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Announcing Improved Commenting Guidelines

Adam Clark Estes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: HuffPost Social News, Social News, Commenting, Commenting Guidelines, Badges, Huffpost Badges, HuffPost Community, Comment Guidelines, Home News
Adam Clark Estes

Today, we're unrolling a new and improved set of commenting guidelines to encourage an even more engaging conversation. Check them out here.

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Make News Work for You

Malorie Lucich | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Iphone, Web 2.0, Social Media, Social News, Technology News, Facebook Connect, Facebook, Platform, The Midwest, The South, The Northeast, The West, College News
Malorie Lucich

Thanks to an infinite number of blogs and the evolving cycle of 24-hour news, we are no longer restricted to news from just a few networks. Sites like Facebook are empowering people to cut through the clutter and discover the content most relevant to them.

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New Media and Social Change: How Nonprofits Are Using Web-Based Technologies to Reach Their Goals

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Reddit, Yahoo Buzz, Social News, Technology News, Twitter, Technology, Facebook, Facebook Applications, Stumbleupon, Yahoo, Digg, Social Media, Social Networking, New Media, Blogger Outreach, Blogging, Google, Technology News
Josh Nelson

The Hatcher Group set out to examine how a group of nonprofits working on state-level advocacy issues are using new media technologies to promote their agendas.

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