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A Look at Muck Rack's Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later by Adam Sherk on October 20, 2009 I’m definitely a fan of Muck Rack – it offers an easy way to track major media journalists on Twitter and pick up on trending topics.

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PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting by Adam Sherk on January 11, 2010 The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD.

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Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About.

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Conducted with Don Bates of George Washington University, the study measures the journalists’ use of and attitudes toward social media for researching and reporting stories. While it could be argued that some of the findings come down to common sense, there are some interesting statistics in the report.

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Hitwise News Report Press Release

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Hitwise News Report Press Release

Pew Research Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks.

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Yahoo and Google were among the most frequently mentioned websites for online news, indicating that users see them as sources for news (be it original reporting or aggregation) and not just search vehicles. For the full findings on search engines and social media see section two of the Pew report.

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The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

But since the 21,839 subscribers reported in YouTube’s search results make it a top 5 news channel I included it in the table. I know a number of consumer magazines are publishing in multiple languages, usually in partnership with a local company that manages the presence. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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I Hope News Corp Does Block its Content from Google

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets by Adam Sherk on December 17, 2009 This week both Brian Solis and SEOMoz made reference to a recent Forrester report forecasting US interactive marketing budgets for the next five years.

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Smart Move from Condé Nast: GQ and DETAILS Should Have Their Own.

Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

A side note to Condé Nast Digital’s PR team: I’d put your online press releases on regular Web pages. People will be less likely to link to the.pdf versions in your online press room. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Best of luck to both GQ.com and DETAILS.com. I did it above but I didn’t really want to.

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Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

According to a Hitwise US News & Media Report back in 2007, on average search engine referrals represent about 23% of traffic to print media sites. Side note: Hitwise, you’re overdue for an updated version of that report!). What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

This is not surprising based on the reactions that Fox News reporting tends to generate from both sides of the political fence. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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AOL Newsroom: A Model for the Future or Shades of 2001?

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! If news organizations can’t stay in business, they won’t be playing any role at all.

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NBC Targets Local Markets on the New Digg

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

I’ll do a follow-up post when there is more data to report on. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Improve the site as a whole so when things pick up again you’ll be stronger than ever.

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Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Unfortunately there are increasing reports of donation fraud online, so major news organizations are playing a vital role in directing people to credible, legitimate groups. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? I’ve been impressed by how much attention the media has given to promoting ways that people can make donations.

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Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

It’s simply no longer profitable for companies to report “news.” What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! OK, maybe not dead. But dying a quick death.

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So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

To reporters’ sources? If we’re truly in an era of open-source journalism, I say reporters share their access (sort of) to sources via Twitter lists. This isn’t to say the sources will RESPOND, but it’s an interesting way of opening one’s reporter notebook to a willing audience.

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An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News.

Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Not covered in my examples above is the fact that Open Graph protocol can also provide sites with additional reporting data. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success. But Does it Violate.

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Prior to the start of the sweepstakes in early July the JVC page reportedly had about 1,000 fans.

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News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Here is the reported data on 30 media profiles, ranked by number of followers (as of today): Profile Followers Following Diggs by Publisher Comments by Publisher 1 The New York Times 10,225 4 65 1 2 The Wall Street Journal 9,546 15 281 1 3 BBC News 9,222 0 5,423 0 4 Time 7,842 964 6,289 29 5 Telegraph.co.uk

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Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and.

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1% by Adam Sherk on March 2, 2010 For my presentation on Twitter Marketing Tactics at SMX West this week I wanted to get a sense of just how much traffic Twitter is driving to major news sites.

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Does Social Media Increase a Journalist's Value?

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Who would readers rather interact with about a particular story – someone from marketing or the reporter who wrote the article? In an era where “journalist job security” is becoming an oxymoron, having a strong social media presence makes reporters less expendable and more marketable should they need to find new work.

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An Interview with Blogger Bob From TSA's Evolution of Security.

Social Media Strategery

MARCH 10, 2009

How did you resolve the various reporting/privacy requirements of hosting comments on a.gov server? When we stood-up our TSA blog in January 2008, there was no guidance on what the reporting/privacy requirements were for government blogs. How did you determine whether to host the blog on a.gov or a.com server?

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What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? by Adam Sherk on September 22, 2010 Was Time magazine “scurrilous and utterly shameless in its willingness to distort” in 1964? In a used bookstore over the weekend I came across some old issues of Fact: magazine.

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A Look at Muck Rack's Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later

PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About.

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Hitwise Reports News and Media's Share of Search-Referred Traffic.

Pew Research Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks.

The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube

I Hope News Corp Does Block its Content from Google

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets

Smart Move from Condé Nast: GQ and DETAILS Should Have Their Own.

Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

AOL Newsroom: A Model for the Future or Shades of 2001?

NBC Targets Local Markets on the New Digg

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic

Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate

Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com

An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction

An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News.

JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success. But Does it Violate.

News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and.

Does Social Media Increase a Journalist's Value?

An Interview with Blogger Bob From TSA's Evolution of Security.

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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