Lolcats: a history

Fan sites dedicated to Prince say they have been served legal notice to remove all images of the singer, his lyrics and “anything linked to Prince’s likeness,” and have vowed to fight what they said was censorship.

The move was a shock to his army of followers and came two months after Prince threatened to sue YouTube and other major Internet sites for unauthorized use of his music.

I am angry because I am accused of being greedy by studios that are being greedy. I am angry because my greed is fair and reasonable: if money is made off of my product through the Internet, then I am entitled to a small piece. The studios’ greed, on the other hand, is hidden behind cynical, disingenuous claims that they make nothing on the Web — that the streaming and downloading of our shows is purely “promotional.” Seriously?

This introduction describes features of social network sites (SNSs), proposes a comprehensive definition, presents a history of their development, reviews existing SNS scholarship, and introduces the articles in this special theme section.

Voluble Gary Vaynerchuk, 31, the host of “Wine Library TV,” an online video show, has been known to lick rocks, suck leather and eat dirt while on camera, all to illustrate the unique properties of wine.
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“Wine Library TV” host Gary Vaynerchuk discusses four spooky wine varieties for Halloween show.

Of a “wild and gamey” red from Rioja, Spain, Vaynerchuk says, “Hit a deer on the road. Throw a bunch of cherries on it. Take out your knife, cut the deer. Bite it. That’s the flavor profile.”

My first thought, when reading about Facebook’s SocialAds via Owyang, was “this is a jump-the-shark moment.”