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Social Nets Seek "Digital Water Cooler" Status

The New York Times explores how social networks are positioning themselves as companions to popular TV shows to drive usership. “Facebook and Twitter both see the social conversation around television as a way to increase use of their sites and win a bigger piece of advertisers’ spending,” it writes. “In recent months, they have engaged in an escalating battle … to claim the title of the nation’s digital water cooler.”

 


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