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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