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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is enacting new guidelines that bloggers and Twitter users need to be aware of. The new rules go into effect on December 1, 2009, and anyone who violates them could face fines up to $11,000 per violation.
At a time when traditional media sources are struggling to remain profitable, smaller, niche players are emerging as the go-to places for authoritative content.
A new report from the Nielsen Company sheds some light on the ever-growing popularity of online video. Everyone knows online video is hot, but did you know just how hot it really is?
Last month, I wrote a post on the Newstex blog called New Twitter Statistics Tell an Interesting Story where I talked about research conducted by Sysomos on 11.5 million Twitter accounts.
A new research report from Sysomos, a social media analytics company, was released in June and provides interesting insight into the world of Twitter.
In a new study conducted by iVillage, BlogHer, and Compass Partners, eMarketer reports that 53% of U.S. women age 18-77 who use the Internet participated in some form of online social media in March 2009.
A new report from comScore shows that 78.6% of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed online video in April 2009. That's up 16% over March!The average online video viewer watched 6.4 hours of online video in April.
According to Nielsen, the growth in online video over the past six months has been significant with the time spent viewing online video by the overall Internet audience growing by 16% in just six months (from November 2008 to April 2009).
Many bloggers publish sponsored reviews on their blogs where they review products for payment or simply in return for being allowed to test drive a product or service.
The new Three Screen Report from Nielsen is out. It's a quarterly report that analyzes video viewing habits on three screens - traditional television, Internet, and mobile phones.
A report from eMarketer released earlier this year provides a glimpse into the world of podcasting, which is growing more and more each year.
Newstex President Larry Schwartz spoke at the SIIA NetGain Conference this week about cloud computing and how Newstex leverages the cloud to support its business model.
