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When it comes to spreading popular content around the web, where you post matters. A study that link-shortening service Bit.ly released on its blog Tuesday shows that different kinds of links rise and fizzle at different speeds — depending on the platform they are posted on.

Are social sites like Reddit, Tumblr and YouTube communities that are just as worthy of news coverage as local towns? If so what would a community newspaper covering these disparate and little-understood groups of people look like? A new news site, the Daily Dot, attempts to answer that question.

Even one of online video's biggest stars isn't immune to copyright claims....

Earlier this week it was announced that Yahoo is selling social bookmarking service Delicious to the founders of YouTube and their new company called Avos. After the announcement was made, the companies told everyone who had ever had a Delicious account that they needed to log in and opt-in to having their data transfered over into the new company.

Google's YouTube is expanding its movie-rental service, as the video site tries to shift from homemade videos to professional entertainment content.

Obama set the 'gold standard' for use of social media, and now it's an absolute must for candidates.Four years ago, Barack Obama kicked off his presidential campaign on the steps of Illinois' Old State Capitol, speaking in front of thousands of supporters and a throng of media.

The online world got an April Fools' Day makeover as YouTube rolled out 1911 viral videos and the Huffington Post put up a mock pay wall.

YouTube forms a very small portion of Google's overall business accounting for 4% of Google's stock

A British official pressed for the removal of videos featuring calls to jihad by Anwar al-Awlaki, and a New York legislator, Anthony Weiner, sent YouTube a letter.

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