Curation v. Scraping, Oprah Over Twitter, Financial Fortune Smiles on Facebook

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One man’s curation is another man’s scraping: more on the ongoing drama between pubs that report and ‘net-based pubs that aggregate.

Oprah over Twitter? Guess that means … absolutely nothing, now that we think about it.

Stats on motivations of Twitter users. Features graph intros like “A Large Following Doesn’t Equate with Intelligence” and “Mixed Feelings about Reciprocity.”

Perspective on your perspectives on Swine Flu.

– Facebook has plen’y of cash, and expects interactive advertising rev to boost sales 70%, COO Sheryl Sandberg ballsily proclaims.

– Stolichnaya is the premier sponsor of Babelgum, which will air exclusive live concert footage from artists like Franz Ferdinand, Stereophonics and Kaiser Chefs; as well as “Bananaz,” a film about the Gorillaz.

– Aerocles deconstructs Dominos’ approach to social media.

– Saw the Loud n’ Clear infomercial on TV last night. This is why we love America. Hold ’til 1:27 for when Enthusiastic Geriatric shouts, “Bingo!” It don’t get any better than that.

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