Facebook Experiences Explosive Growth in Europe

by Nick O'Neill

Comscore released data today showing impressive growth in Europe’s social networking obsession. The most interesting of the data was a whopping 422 percent growth in Facebook visitors between the months of January and July of this year. The second runner up was a site called Bandoo.com which had a 170 percent growth. When I went to check out the site this morning it didn’t appear to be working. MySpace displayed a relatively impressive 24 percent growth. You can view more of the statistics in the chart below.......

President Bush Meets With Bloggers

The Washington Post reports that President Bush met with bloggers following his recent Iraq speech. Still, the hour-long meeting in the Roosevelt Room offered Bush another opportunity to break through what he sees as the filter of the traditional news media, while also reaching out to the providers of a new source of information for soldiers, their families and others who follow the conflict in Iraq closely....

Americans Giving Up Social Life for the Web

Cybercrime Now Worth $105 Billion, Bypasses Drug Trade

10 Newspaper Myths Deconstructed

by Oliver Reichenstein

The San Francisco Chronicle is in financial trouble. InfoWorld stops printing. Time Magazine redesigns its print edition and fires 50 people. Old media is in trouble:

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