Social Media Jobs: Weight Watchers, BlogHer, LogoTV + MORE

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Facebook and local business love each other, apparently. Local businesses get over 645 million weekly views and 13 million weekly comments on Facebook, and Facebook says there are over two billion connections — likes — between consumers and local businesses…

In the age of iPads, flying cars and space rovers, some gadgets that were once confined to the science-fiction world are quickly becoming commonplace 21st-century commodities
Star Trek, which aired its first episode more than 40 years ago on NBC, stood at the forefront, dazzling its fan base for decades with such high-tech gizmos as phasers and tricorders in the exploration of the final frontiermusicMagpie just launched a fully interactive Star Trek Navigraphic (above), which takes a look at some of the series’ iconic technology…

Although back links are an important aspect of search engine optimization (SEO), that’s not all that your team should be focused on. An updated study from Searchmetrics revealed how important social media signals are to a strong SEO ranking. According to the company, well-positioned URLs almost always have a high number of Likes, shares, tweets, and +1s…

Shortly before the 4th of July holiday, three prominent Facebook executives sold some company stock.
Michael Schroepfer, Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer, sold 45,000 shares for $1,117,152. He also converted 21,314 shares of Class B stock into Class A, in order to make them easier to sell in the future…

Do you want to understand the science behind why people share? During this fascinating interview I explore these very concepts. To learn the reasons why people widely share content, I interview Jonah Berger for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is a show from […

Harvard Medical School researchers examined the information flow on Twitter during the Boston Marathon bombings and have announced that Twitter is a valuable tool for emergency workers and others during such disasters.
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New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

This week, Weight Watchers is hiring a social media community manager, while BlogHer needs a manager of client services. LogoTV is seeking a coordinator of editorial social media, and Broadway.com is on the hunt for a news editor. Get the scoop on these openings below, and find additional social media jobs on Mediabistro…

The BBC is the latest television broadcaster to abandon 3D programming, after admitting that the technology and associated content has failed to take off in the UK.
Kim Shillinglaw, BBC Commissioning Editor for Science and Natural History, is currently overseeing the company’s two-year pilot for 3D content…

You know those “CAPTCHAs” you run into from time to time during your Web surfing sessions and Internet escapades? Well, a startup named Solve Media has developed a way to upgrade and monetize those pesky CAPTCHAs and, as my colleague Anthony Ha recently detailed, is beginning to see real results…