Norman, CEO of the Oprah Winfrey Network, is tasked with creating an entire TV network around Oprah Winfrey's call to "live your best life." Her challenge is to suffuse the new self-help channel with Oprah's essence.READ»
Who are the most influential people online right now? That's what The Influence Project was designed to answer. More than 32,000 people joined us to find out, and get their photo in the magazine this November. Our exploration of ...READ»
A new attempt to answer the digital age's most burning question--whether social media drives sales--has also revealed an atonishing fact about Facebook and Twitter posts. Sharing on Facebook is five times more valuable than ...READ»
DreamWorks Animation's $150 million blockbuster Megamind hits theaters this November, helmed by Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell, and Tina Fey. But the true stars of this film aren't necessarily the names in big letters. Has celebrity talent become secondary?READ»
Rockstars are notoriously hard to control. Which makes it especially odd that Apple, for its new music social network Ping, would release a nine-page book of guidelines for artists planning to join the service. READ»
Music, music app, tomato, tomahto? Seems so, lately. Artists from
Metallica to Mariah Carey have created apps, offering insider
information or employing voice-recognition software to rate users'
singing ability (Mariah Carey-oke, ...READ»
The pop provocateur and the teen heartthrob are each closing in on a record-breaking one billion total views on YouTube, with Gaga set to win. They have little in common--except their mastery of social media.READ»
Today, Google fully unveiled the features of its much buzzed-about Google TV. By far one of its coolest apps is Twitter, which will help seamlessly infuse television with the Web.READ»
According to a new report from analytics firm Sysomos, which analyzed more than 1.2 billion tweets, Twitter may have the shortest life span among social media services.READ»
Who is more influential? More popular? Is there even a difference? These are the questions that social media monitoring firm Vocus aims to answer in a new white paper, which tries to define the qualities of an influencer. READ»
Lady Gaga has topped Last.fm's latest "Most Unwanted Scrobbles" list, meaning her tracks were most frequently deleted from user playlists last month. Is this the beginning of the end for Fast Company's Most Creative Person in Business?READ»
For the rest of the week, eBay is hosting charity auction TwitChange, the first ever celebrity tweet auction, which is raising money for Haiti. But how much influence will it really spread?READ»
MTV has officially lost it. While those with TVs get to watch the least essential awards show of the year, those with mere Internet access get a bizarre, uncomfortable glimpse behind the curtain.READ»
Luke Wilson may claim AT&T's network covers 97% of all Americans, but with billions invested this year alone, has your service noticeably improved? READ»
Created to encourage spending in a sinking economy, last year's
inaugural Fashion's Night Out delivered a star-studded night to
shoppers -- the Olsen twins even served drinks at Barneys New York. Its
success -- a 3.4% increase in ...READ»
McAfee's Most Dangerous Celebrities list came out today, and it's got a couple of surprises. Sorry to Ms. Diaz, who was excellent in at least one movie, but searching her name is just asking for trouble.READ»
Paying celebrities to pimp your product is nothing new. From Gillette courting ZZ Top front men to shave (they declined), to Weight Watchers convincing Sarah Ferguson to endorse their slim-down system (she did), marketing gurus have ...READ»
