The Ticker: The Concept of “Friend,” Axe and the Hamptons, MSNBC’s Anti-Promo

BusinessWeek: Learning, and Profiting, from Online Friendships

NYT: Axe Body Products Puts Its Brand on the Hamptons Club Scene

TVNewser: MSNBC Asks Producers Not To Promote Anchor’s Website

Harvard Business Review: The Social Data Revolution(s)

MediaMemo: The End of Newspapers, in Chart Form

MEDIABISTRO EVENTS

Get Social Media Marketing Secrets from Experts

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion‘s Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook’s Morin Oluwole, and bitly’s Tim Devane. Register now.