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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Palin Nears One Million Facebook Fans, While Lagging on Twitter

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Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is certainly giving her Facebook fan page a workout this week, as she nears one million fans.

Using the site to flack her new book, “Going Rogue,” which comes out officially today, it got a big boost from her interview today with Oprah Winfrey, clocking in at close to 995,000 fans last night.

In comparison, her Twitter page was as empty of followers as the great outdoors.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Facebook’s Close-Up Too Close?

It was interesting that the New York Times opted to use the gam shot for its weekend story on what makes a contract dispute–using the comely rower legs of one Tyler Winklevoss, one of two brothers who is suing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing their business plan and technology for a social-networking service [...]

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Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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