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The 10 Most Creative People On Twitter

For the third year in a row we have put together a list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. This year had the most Twitter users yet, with 36. Here's our Top Ten tweeters of 2011's MCP. READ»

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A Week Of Startup Advice From Conan O'Brien

From Rock monsters in bikinis to "Live, Nude, Hot Action," here is Coco's advice to help you succeed in business.READ»

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Conan O'Brien's Guide To Creativity

Our cover comedian talks about improvising to find the funny, learning from smart CEOs--also, horse betting, surfing, and marinating.READ»

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A History Of Corporate Betrayal

What better way to remember Brutus backstabbing Caesar than by watching movies like "The Informant!" and "The Social Network"? Here are four more corporate-betrayal films primed for the Hollywood treatment.READ»

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Twitter by the Numbers

Just important has Twitter become for television? Here are 10 instances with facts and figures that show how powerful 140 characters can be.READ»

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I Want My Twitter TV!

It is 75 minutes before showtime at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, and the Justin Bieber Watch is in full effect. (OMG!) On the fourth-floor pool deck of the hotel that overlooks the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, a motley collection of MTV marketing partners, entertainment executives, and other shiny Angelenos are enjoying cocktails and squinting at the open-air red carpet.READ»

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How Conan O'Brien Beat Leno and Letterman: Social Media

Bolstered by some 2 million Twitter followers, a first-of-its-kind social media strategy, and an innovative digital team, Conan soared back onto the late-night scene with huge ratings, besting David Letterman and arch-nemesis Jay Leno with 4.2 million viewers. READ»

Team Coco Head Talks Conan O'Brien, Social Media, Crowdsourcing His First Guest

To find out more about Conan O'Brien's innovative use of social media, we spoke with John Wooden, GM and executive producer of Team Coco Digital. READ»

Conan O'Brien: King of Social Media

Using online tools from Facebook and Twitter to Foursquare and YouTube, Conan O'Brien has shown that social media is a force to be reckoned with.READ»

The Human Billboard Talks Twitter, T-Shirts, and the Conan O'Brien Brand

Jason Sadler, founder of I Wear Your Shirt, discusses social media for our Influence Project.READ»

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Cable's Reach, Revenue, Ratings Threaten Network TV's Supremacy

With ratings and revenue on the rise, basic cable is taking aim at network TV's supremacy.READ»

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Next Tech: I'm With Aviv

How a 25-year-old college dropout became the "it" nerd to the stars.READ»

Conan O'Brien Pulls a Leno on Lopez, Heads to TBS for 11 p.m. Show in November

TBS just got a little oranger.According to a Time Warner press release, pale, string-dancing late night comic Conan O'Brien is heading to TBS, and will be bumping George Lopez's Lopez Tonight to midnight. Conan has been trying to ...READ»

Ben Stiller, Conan Find Scum Under NBC's Green Wash on "Tonight Show" Farewell

We've covered NBC's attempts to brand itself as the "green" network before. It's hard to say if the network's "Green is Universal" campaign has been successful in any respect, but Ben Stiller made a good point about it that you may ...READ»

Farewell to Conan and the Best Los Angeles Architecture Montage Ever

Conan O'Brien struck a deal that will set him free from NBC, but what will come of his snazzy show opener, a sophisticated homage to Los Angeles architecture?READ»

Late-Night Spat Good for NBC's Bottom Line, Creative Types, Ice-T

So far all this NBC mishegas has cost the network and its affiliates plenty of dough, not to mention programming credibility, viewer goodwill and general pop culture coolness. Some estimates have pegged Jay Leno's move to 10 p.m. as ...READ»

Jay Leno's Last Tonight Show

After some 3,800 episodes, Jay Leno will relinquish his 11:35 p.m. slot to Conan O'Brien. Jimmy Fallon is already in O'Brien's old slot. Here's our take on Leno's last monologue: * After 17 years, Jay Leno is stepping down as ...READ»