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Twitter’s Ad for Its Ads (Video)

Peter Kafka in Media on March 26 at 9:35 am PT

Easy as cake — in theory. And if it actually works, a quietly big deal for Dick Costolo.

Twitter Grabs Two Googlers for International Advertising Expansion

Kara Swisher in Media on February 22 at 11:07 pm PT

The online communications network goes hunting for talent at search giant.

Twitter Quietly (Finally) Launches Self-Serve Ads

Peter Kafka in Media on December 1, 2011 at 8:30 am PT

Still a small test. But if Twitter’s ad biz is ever going to get big, this will be an important step.

Bill Simmons Knows How to Fix Twitter

Peter Kafka in Media on August 26, 2011 at 9:10 am PT

A new role for ESPN’s star multi-hyphenate: Product guy.

Is There a Myspace Mafia, Too? Because Leaving Seems to Have Paid Off for Many Ex-Execs.

Kara Swisher in Social on June 13, 2011 at 11:28 am PT

When the selling of Myspace winds down in the next week or so, it’ll probably attract a spate of comments about what a failure the whole social networking enterprise turned out to be. That is, unless you think of the mob of former execs who have worked at the company over time, many of whom have moved on to some more golden opportunities after leaving Myspace.

On Twitter, “The Real Housewives Of New Jersey” Trumps “Modern Family.” Why?

Peter Kafka in Media on June 10, 2011 at 8:48 am PT

Twitter loves TV. And TV loves Twitter. But the relationship between the two is a funky one: Sometimes Twitter gets excited about TV shows that lots of people don’t care about. And sometimes TV’s most popular shows aren’t nearly as popular on the social messaging service.

27,000 Reasons Why Twitter Is Rolling Out Its Own Photo Service

Peter Kafka in Media on June 6, 2011 at 5:35 am PT

This photo of an almost-empty baseball game became a hit overnight on Twitter–and made money for Twitter photo-sharing service TwitPic. What if Twitter sold that ad inventory itself?

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Group Looks to Team Tech Executives With Nonprofits

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 30, 2011 at 2:47 pm PT

Could the Silicon Valley management style help charitable organizations? An organization called Palindrome Advisors thinks so, and it launched a program Wednesday that aims to match executives in technology and other industries with nonprofits that need their help.