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    Feb 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times Exclusive

  1. Pope Benedict's departure is a surprise; his successor won't be

    Pope Benedict XVI knows how to keep a secret. In a world of strategic leaks, gabby underlings, intrusive paparazzi and cyber-hackers, the pope was able to pull off a surprise when he announced his plan to step down as head of the Roman Catholic Church at the end of the month.
    Pope Benedict XVI knows how to keep a secret. In a world of strategic leaks, gabby underlings, intrusive paparazzi and cyber-hackers, the pope was able to pull off a surprise when he announced his plan to step down as head of the Roman Catholic Church...

    Tags: Benedict XVI, Roman Catholicism, The Pope, Arts and Culture, John Paul II

    2. Feb 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. LinkedIn's clever marketing: You're special like 10 million others

    Did LinkedIn send you an email saying you had one of the top most viewed profiles of 2012? Congratulations!
    Did LinkedIn send you an email saying you had one of the top most viewed profiles of 2012? Congratulations! But wait, LinkedIn also sent that to 10 million other users. The business-centric social network came up with some clever marketing recently to...

    Tags: Twitter, Inc., Arts and Culture, Email, Social Media, Culture

    3. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. LinkedIn beats Wall street forecasts; shares jump 10% after hours

    Meet the social network that Wall Street has befriended.
    Meet the social network that Wall Street has befriended. LinkedIn wasn't the initial public offering that got all the hype. But it has quietly become the social network that has consistently exceeded analysts' expectations. The professional social...

    Tags: Media Industry, Financing and Stock Offerings, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Culture

    4. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Dad gives daughter $200 to stay off Facebook for five months

    Every person has their price, and for a 14-year-old Boston girl, her price to quit Facebook is $200.
    Every person has their price, and for a 14-year-old Boston girl, her price to quit Facebook is $200. Paul Baier and his daughter entered into a contract he posted on his blog this week that will earn the daughter $200 if she can stay off of the 1-...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Social Media, Culture

    5. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Facebook study: Growth fueled by desire for self-affirmation

    SAN FRANCISCO -- If he were on Facebook, Stuart Smalley would probably update his status: "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!"
    SAN FRANCISCO -- If he were on Facebook, Stuart Smalley would probably update his status: "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!" Turns out that Smalley, played by Al Franken in the "Saturday Night Live" skit, knew a thing...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Social Media, Culture

    6. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Pinterest's valuation reportedly may have climbed to $2.5 billion

    SAN FRANCISCO -- This much is very clear: There's a lot of interest in Pinterest, one of the high-fliers of this Internet boom.
    SAN FRANCISCO -- This much is very clear: There's a lot of interest in Pinterest, one of the high-fliers of this Internet boom. The popular social networking site is in talks to raise more money at a blockbuster $2-billion to $2.5-billion valuation....

    Tags: Financing and Stock Offerings, The Wall Street Journal, Initial Public Offerings, Social Media, Culture

    7. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Viddy drops CEO Brett O'Brien, denies turning down Twitter offer

    Viddy, a Los Angeles startup that has been described as the Instagram of video, has fired chief executive Brett O'Brien and is now looking for his replacement.
    Viddy, a Los Angeles startup that has been described as the Instagram of video, has fired chief executive Brett O'Brien and is now looking for his replacement. The 42-million-member mobile video social network said O'Brien, who co-founded the company...

    Tags: Media Industry, Twitter, Inc., Arts and Culture, Justin Bieber, Dell Inc.

    8. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Nine Facebook features we want as it celebrates its 9th birthday

    Although it feels like it's been around forever, Facebook is turning 9 today.
    Although it feels like it's been around forever, Facebook is turning 9 today. The brainchild of Mark Zuckerberg and his fellow co-founders, Facebook has grown from a Harvard dorm-room project into a social network of more than 1.06 billion members....

    Tags: Media Industry, Mark Zuckerberg, Arts and Culture, Super Bowl XLVII, Social Media

    9. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. FTC: Give mobile device users more privacy disclosures -- or else

    SAN FRANCISCO -- The Federal Trade Commission called on the fast-growing mobile device marketplace to do a better job of alerting consumers to what the various market players do with their personal information.
    SAN FRANCISCO -- The Federal Trade Commission called on the fast-growing mobile device marketplace to do a better job of alerting consumers to what the various market players do with their personal information. It released guidelines for mobile...

    Tags: Conservation, Networking, Consumers, Kamala D. Harris, MySpace

    10. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Mobile social networking app Path settles with FTC for $800,000

    SAN FRANCISCO -- Mobile social networking app Path has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived users by collecting personal information from their mobile address books without their knowledge or permission.
    SAN FRANCISCO -- Mobile social networking app Path has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived users by collecting personal information from their mobile address books without their knowledge or permission. The San Francisco company...

    Tags: Media Industry, Twitter, Inc., Networking, Consumers, Arts and Culture

    11. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Action against Cardinal Mahony: Readers aren't impressed

    It didn't take too long for Friday's <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0201-mahony-curry-20130201,0,3889565.story">front-page story</a> that Archbishop of Los Angeles Jose Gomez had relieved his predecessor, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, of his public duties for readers to start filling up the morning mailbag. And it wasn't with letters praising Gomez for taking decisive action; to the contrary, the reaction has varied between "it's about time" and "too little, too late."
    It didn't take too long for Friday's front-page story that Archbishop of Los Angeles Jose Gomez had relieved his predecessor, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, of his public duties for readers to start filling up the morning mailbag. And it wasn't with letters...

    Tags: Germany, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Roger M. Mahony, Christianity

    12. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Viewing Twitter photos now faster and easier

    The days of twiddling your thumbs waiting for Twitter pictures to load on a new page may finally be over.
    The days of twiddling your thumbs waiting for Twitter pictures to load on a new page may finally be over. The San Francisco-based social network has announced that now when users click on pictures to expand them, they will appear in a new window above...

    Tags: Twitter, Inc., Steve Jobs, Arts and Culture, Social Media, Culture

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