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The AP's Social Media Guide Explains the Trouble with 'Liking' People
Jul 24th, 2012
We could see how something like a company's social media rule book could be esoteric and uninteresting to regular readers, while somehow being interesting to journo dorks like us. But there's really interesting stuff in The Associated Press' new guidelines, we promise. Sure, it's an effort to show transparency (and other news organizations, like Sky News, have done the same), but the social media problems and The AP faces unique news organizations. For starters, they explain the trouble with "liking": (Source: The Atlantic Wire) -
By Patrick Johnston SINGAPORE (Reuters) - British boy band One Direction has swept the inaugural awards recognizing the most popular people in social media globally, coming top in four out of 10 categories at a star-studded ceremony in Singapore. One Direction was named most popular music group, most popular UK musicians, most popular in the UK, an... [Full Article]
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