11 April 2009 0 Comments

State of the News Media Report & Citizen Journalism

There’s a lot of valuable data for corporate communicators to consider in the 2009 State of the News Media Report on American Journalism published by PEW Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. The report quantifies and analyzes America’s print, television, audio, and online news consumption. Special sections this year analyze election coverage, citizen-based media, and “new [...]

26 December 2008 2 Comments

Social Media 2008: A Year Of Big Numbers

What a year of numbers for social media and the Web. Take Twitter for example. Approximately 70% of its nearly five million users registered for the service in 2008 according to HubSpot’s Q4 2008 State of the Twittersphere report. This is but one of many quantitative gems that cap an impressive year of social media growth. [...]