There’s always news in the world of news – and social media. Here are some of my favorite finds from the past few days Media Industry Change-Ups – Media com panies made news of their own this week, with the print properties of the Tribune Company striking off on their own as Tribune Publishing (leaving the parent company to soldier on

We are helping our client First Alert hold a fun summer sweepstakes on Facebook to celebrate its new Safety POD, which promotes personal safety for multiple lifestyles! The Safety POD (Protection on Demand) is a hand-held device that features a two-way alarm, an LED light and is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but loud enough (100 decibels)

It was a good week on the economic front, with reports that the U.S. GDP surged 4% in the second quarter, “putting growth back on an upward trajectory according to the Wall Street Journal.  In other news this week: The lurkers in the Twitterverse: Twitter’s CEO revealed this week the true size of the platform’s audience – the number of people who visit

We’re in the final days of the nominations phase for our client Life Fitness’ Personal Trainers to Watch competition! Fitness professionals around the globe have until tomorrow, July 31, to be nominated or nominate themselves for the Personal Trainers to Watch program at www.lifefitness.com/personaltrainers. The 10 finalists will be invited to participate in a live global competition in New York City