Word: viral
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...prompted online news organizations to re-think their approach to content and, surprisingly, many organizations are getting it right by "focusing somewhat less on bringing audiences in and more on pushing content out." The authors practically sigh with relief when noting how the industry is finally "recognizing the viral nature of the Web and the rise of social media." What began as e-mail alerts and RSS feeds has since morphed into Facebook and Digg postings, and ever more creative tricks to harness the power of Google. And at least a few corporate owners are warming up to the notion...
...report is brutally honest and surprisingly up-to-date, citing the Rush Limbaugh controversy and the Jim Cramer vs. Jon Stewart kerfuffle as evidence of the personality-driven nature of cable news and the viral powerhouse that is YouTube. And like so many panicked reports, this bleak prognosis on the health of American journalism grimly alludes to the 1930s as a way to really emphasize the dire straits we're in: "If estimates by Advertising Age prove accurate, total spending on advertising fell for the second consecutive year. Another decline is predicted for 2009. That would mark the first consecutive...
...February, reporter Rick Santelli launched into an on-air rant against helping "losers" with their mortgages, a viral-video hit that made Santelli the poor man's Rush Limbaugh - or is that the rich man's? Kudlow Report host Larry Kudlow opined that President Obama "is waging war against capital." Stock picker and professional gasket blower Jim Cramer trained his bulging eyes on Washington, accusing Obama of "the greatest wealth destruction I've ever seen by a President...
...never be complacent about a virus as fond of mutating as influenza is. We're always just a few random genetic shifts away from a possible pandemic. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last year documented for the first time that one of the many viral components that make up a common flu strain, known as H1--which also happens to be a descendant of the same virus that fueled the pandemic of 1918--was resistant to the popular antiviral drug oseltamivir, a.k.a. Tamiflu. In the flu season--October...
...Harvard Bros" is evidently a Crimson-themed cover of a viral hit from self-described filmmaker/comedians The Lonely Island, "Bing Bong Brothers". How does the Harvard set stack up? Check out the video after the jump (WARNING: Explicit language...