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Motives behind Lance Armstrong’s confession

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Lance Armstrong at the 2005 Tour de France. Photo credit: Wikipedia). Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah’s sofa, Whitney Houston confessed drug use and Rhianna admitted her undying love for her brute former boyfriend Chris Brown. None received the expected reputational boost from the exercise.

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2005: Flickr. Wikipedia is where I learned about from Tanja Sadow, the dean of a local jewelery school. A story I posted on Digg in 2005 crashed the “interesting” get-paid-for content site I was briefly testing. This is a guest blog post by Stephen Black. This is his story. Or, do I want to use it as a base for experimentation?

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9 YouTube stats to inform your marketing strategy in 2019

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When YouTube first arrived in 2005, few likely had any idea how valuable it would become. The first video, “ Me at the Zoo ,” launched on April 23, 2005, and the first ads followed two years later. By 2010, YouTube was generating more than two billion views each day.

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For instance, while the introduction of YouTube in 2005 opened us up to an audiovisual world that’s quick, easy, and free, it is coupled with copyright infringement, issues of privacy, and the fact that anyone can post anything… and anyone can watch it. Wikipedia has become a trusted source for many. Why does this matter?

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The Case For Myspace

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According to the Wikipedia entry for Myspace , the company had a 2009 estimated revenue of $395 million with over 30 million users as of June 2011. For those weak in the math, that's only six years later. Did Facebook's success and the changing landscape of Myspace make it an undesirable business moving forward for News Corp.? innovation.

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Ethics in Social Media: A Glossary | Bare Feet Blog

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Shill – Direct from Wikipedia : “A shill is an associate of a person selling goods or services or a political group, who pretends no association to the seller/group and assumes the air of an enthusiastic customer. Wikipedia - “Wikipedia’s 13 million articles (2.9 Bad news all around.

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TruthForce! | How Wiki Software is Changing Communication

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Wiki software--easy-to-use programs that let anyone with Internet access create, remove and edit content on a Web page--first gained popularity thanks to Wikipedia, the user-generated encyclopedia that has come to be hailed as one of the Webs greatest resources.

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