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Merritt Colaizzi

There was no dearth of fascinating conversations Thursday between new and traditional media moguls at Business Insider’s IGNITION: Welcome to the Future of Media event speakers at the Time Warner building in New York City.

Amid back-to-back interviews and panels with the leaders of Foursquare, Living Social, Thrillist, Gawker Media, Hulu, Yahoo!, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, News Corp., Conde Nast and CBS was a 10-minute gem of a presentation by Jonah Peretti, co-founder of The Huffington Post and now CEO of BuzzFeed.[…] Continue Reading »

As part of last week’s Buzz2010 in downtown Washington, D.C., SmartBrief and SocialFish hosted a panel of experts who have been working through the risks of social media at their organizations for years.

Today’s guest post is by Shel Israel, who consults companies on social-media strategy. Shel is a co-author of “Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers” and author of “Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods.” He has contributed to BusinessWeek, FastCompany and Dow Jones and has sat on the SmartBrief on Social Media Advisory Board.[…] Continue Reading »

A couple of weeks ago, we at SmartBrief embarked on a large-scale research project in the game-changing area of social media for business.

Working with highly respected B2B research firm Summus, our intent is to create a definitive “State of Social Media for Business” research report that will be updated at least annually to provide a unique look at how companies are adapting to and benefiting from online technologies over time.[…] Continue Reading »

Starting today, we at SmartBrief are enhancing our industry-leading restaurant brand by expanding coverage to include the best of the social Web.

SmartBrief editors now scour restaurant industry blogs and social spaces to make sure you don’t miss a thing. The new “Leading Voices” section of our daily newsletter keeps you on top of the best ideas and buzz from the world of social media.[…] Continue Reading »