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Demand Media: $56.3M for Pluck, $5.0M For The Daily Plate

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for Pluck, a developer of social media tools, and paid $5.0M Demand Acquired Pluck in March of 2008, and The Daily Plate in January of 2008. According to the S-1, Demand paid $56.3M for The Daily Plate, a online diet and calorie tracking website.

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How Tal Siach Found The World’s Ugliest Facebook Profile

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Tal Siach is a life-long serial entrepreneur who has mastered social media as a guerrilla marketing tool. ’ It was funny to take this post and using social media to show that…this lawsuit doesn’t make any sense. “Facebook, back then (2008), had a cookie that remembered your profile avatar.

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Interview with Jeremy Gocke, Fliptu

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With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks.

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Interview with Vic Caretti, Loudvine

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Vic Caretti: The site was launched in April of 2008. We've also got a really interesting API and social tools, which we are going to be rolling out in the next few months. Vic Caretti: When I started this in 2008, I didn't even look at the business model. Where is the site now, in terms of launch?

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Will People Ever Be Comfortable Sharing Data Online?

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a leading researcher on consumer behavior and the impact of digital, reports that decision makers, social media users, and younger demographics are more and more comfortable sharing data in order to close the gap between thought and action. In his new book, “ Digital Context 2.0: Norton, Ph.D., Reluctant consumers – 44 percent.

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Map of VC Investments

SoCal CTO

Some very interesting graphics including this heat map: Very cool visualization tool! Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec.

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Social Networking and Business Value

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Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies? a communications tool for enterprises.