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Ten Tips to Running a Good Book Reading

Danny Groner | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books

Read More: Twitter, Barnes and Noble, Book Tour, Adam L. Penenberg, Ponzi Scheme, Greenwich Village, Fast Company, Facebook, Book Tours, Iphone, Viral Video, Book Reading, Viral Marketing, Viral, Reader Q & A, Adam Penenberg, James Hong, Books News
Danny Groner

Although there were only 30 people in attendance for his reading, Penenberg led it skillfully. Amateur writers should take note of some of Penenberg's successes.

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I Was a Mix Tape Fanatic

Noah Mallin | Posted 10.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Nico Pitney Iran, Twitter, Iran Coverage, Mix Tape, Coca Cola, Facebook, Viral, Coca Cola Facebook Page, The Mix Tape, Media News
Noah Mallin

When people are able to control and choose the information they take in and customize the information they share online, they are very skeptical of anything that smacks of the hard sell or the pitch.

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The Month in Viral

Jessica Amason | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama, Buzzfeed, Teabaggers, Viral, Kanye West, The Emmys, Jenny Slate, Star Wars, Erine Anastos, Chicken, Youtube, Viral Media, Media News
Jessica Amason

As BuzzFeed's resident "viral scientist," I investigate how the most contagious items on the Web enter our hearts, minds and inboxes.

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Health Debate Mobs Facebook: Is Changing Your Status A Worthless Gesture?

Linda Keenan | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Facebook Status, Social Networks, Viral, Facebook, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Media News
Linda Keenan

It takes quite a lot for me to shuck aside my cynicism, and join a viral Facebook campaign. But that's just what I did, changing my status update to raise awareness about the need for health care reform.

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Behind the NRDC's Social Media Strategy

Eric Kuhn | Posted 07.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Blogs, Natural Resources Defense Council, Twitter, Social Networks, Nrdc, Netroots, NRDC Action Fund, Viral, Facebook, Obama-Environemntal-Policy, Global Warming, Green News
Eric Kuhn

hen the Natural Resources Defense Council needs to generate attention for environmental issues, one of the people they turn to is Apollo Gonzales, the Netroots campaign manager.

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A Preposterous Pre-Digital Primer

Dave Astor | Posted 07.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Journalists, Lps, Montclair Times, George W. Bush, Born-Again Christians, Nixon's Enemies List, Dinosaurs, American Pie, Internets, Commuter Trains, Mashed Potatoes, Albums, Typewriters, The Day the Music Died, E-Mail, Viral, Sony Walkman, President Bush, Ipods, Swine Flu, Revival Theaters, Computers, Paper Airplanes, Cds, DVD Players, Don McLean, Laptops, Prehistoric, President Nixon, Going Viral, Bush Administration, Mel Gibson, Digital Age, Internet, Enemies List, Phonograph Records, Cell Phones, The Passion of the Christ, Huffington Post, Comedy News
Dave Astor

In the days before the internet, how did out-of-town journalists transmit typewritten stories to their editors? They folded the stories into paper airplanes and hurled them out of hotel windows.

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Chinese Woman Freaks Out In Airport, Gets 600,000 Hits On YouTube (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Woman Misses Flight, Woman Freaks Out at Airport, Funny Videos, Hong Kong Airport Freakout, Insane Woman, Hkia, Hong Kong Airport Woman, Crazy Woman Misses Flight, Viral, Youtube Airport Freak Out, Woman Going Insane After Missing Her Flight Video, Chinese Woman Freaks Out at Airport, Hong Kong Woman Freaks Out, Chinese Woman Airport, Woman Going Insane After Missing Flight Video, Chinese Woman Hong Kong Airport, Chinese Woman at Airport, Woman Going Insane After Missing Her Flight, Youtube Airport Freakout, Women Freaks Out in Airport, Lady Freaks Out at Airport, Youtube Airport, Airport Woman, Hong Kong Airport Lady, Chinese Lady Airport, Woman Freaks Out in Airport, Comedy News

A Chinese woman who lost it at Hong Kong's international airport after missing her flight has become the latest YouTube sensation with over half a mil...

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The 12 Most Viral Web Stories of 2008

Jonah Peretti | Posted 01.31.2009 | Media

Read More: New Year's Commentary, Viral Video, Viral Email, Online, Buzzfeed, Lists, 2008, Penis Size, Lois Feldman, Montauk Monster, Chuck E. Cheese, Miley Cyrus, Russian Cheerleaders, John McCain, Disaster Girl, Miley Cyrus Topless Pictures, Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair, Obama Shirtless Photos, Man Throws Shoes at Bush, Obama Shirtless, Consequences of Gay Marriage, Bush Shoe, Sarah Palin, Gay Marriage, Most Viral Stories of 2008, Viral, Media News
Jonah Peretti

The web changed forever the moment that Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at President Bush. Or at least it changed for two or three days as the animated gifs and games flooded the Internet.

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Jason Linkins

Ron Paul Supporters Promise To Terrorize The Skies With Scary, Scary Blimp

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Blimps, Ron Paul, Viral, Politics News

The Ron Paul campaign is gearing up to escalate its battle to destroy the U.S. Constitution in order to save it and to otherwise bugger our imaginatio...

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MySpace Hit By "Phishing" Epidemic

WCBS New York City | Steve Fink | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: MySpace Hacking, MySpace Phishing, MySpace Macy's, Myspace, Viral, Media News

Social networking giant MySpace stumbled to its knees at the hands of a cyber superbug recently, falling ill to a severe phishing epidemic that is pla...

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CondéNet Uses Facebook to Draw Users, Ads

Media Week | Mike Shields | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Conde Nast, Facebook, Social Networking, Viral, Condenet, Media News

CondéNet has in recent months attracted new users to several of its sites while beefing up ad inventory--all on Facebook's dime. The Web arm of maga...

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The Week In Viral Video

The Guardian (U.K.)'s Digital Content Blog | Jemima Kiss | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Viral Video, Viral, Media News

The obscenely useless Paris Hilton simpered and whined her way through a torturous (for her) David Letterman interview this week, nervously waggling h...

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"Today" Discovers NBC's Viral Video - 6 Days Later And After NBC Has Pulled Its YouTube Plug

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Today Show, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Fred Armisen, Matt Lauer, Adam Levine, Viral, Media News

Last Saturday "Saturday Night Live" featured a much-loved Digital Short of Andy Samberg and Maroon 5's Adam Levine singing a gay love song to Fred Arm...

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The Week In Viral Video

The Guardian (U.K.) | Jemima Kiss | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Viral Video, Viral, Media News

It's a fairly typical orgy of vomit, torture and piracy on this week's Viral Video Chart, kicked off by a very professional Swedish gameshow presenter...

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The Week In Viral Video

The Guardian (U.K.) | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: The View, You Tube, Video, Sherri Shepherd, University of Florida, Viral Video, Taser, Viral, Home News

There's nothing like a bit of Judge Dredd-style excessive use of police force on an unarmed citizen. Especially when it gets caught on multiple camer...

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