Posts Tagged ‘traditional media’

How Goldman Sachs Investing in Facebook is Good For You

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Consumerism, Marketing | Jan 12, 2011 | Tags: facebook, facebook fan page, goldman sachs, Marketing, new york times, traditional media | 5 Comments

The announcement that Goldman Sachs invested $500 million in Facebook, giving it a market valuation of $50 billion sent ripples across the media. With this deal including Goldman helping Facebook to raise an additional $1.5 billion, and noting that Facebook has raised $800 million over five rounds of funding, it is official that social networking ...Read more.

Twestivals & Brushfires: How Social Media Continues to Bring People Together

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Social Media | Feb 10, 2009 | Tags: abc news, abcnews.com, Australia, brushfires, clean water, community, current events, Media, new media, news, social networking, traditional media, twestival | No Comments

As the old phrase “technology is killing face to face communication because everyone is buried in a computer or mobile device” continues to be spoken by some, it simply doesn’t ring true for people who are actually using social networking sites. Yesterday we saw a stunning example of this in Australia with emotional tweets bringing ...Read more.