Viacom’s MTV has launched a new social networking site called Think.MTV.com, and the site is focused on encouraging young people to become involved in youth activism.
Activists YouTube Wolfowitz Into “The Office”
Phil de Vellis created the now-famous ‘Hilary 1984’ video that exploded across YouTube and hordes of other sites; he’s at it again, helping an activist group cast World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz in a video as the less than brilliant leader of Dunder Mifflin.
Activists Plan V-Day Breakup With Google
The old saying that begins “there’s no love lost” won’t be finished with “between Google and the latest Google protestors.” There is love lost. NoLuv4Google.com is littered with breakup notes to Google after the search company conceded to Chinese censorship demands. The broken-hearted boycott is scheduled for Valentines Day.
Online Activists’ Lessons For Online Business
Over a 48-hour period, the online political activist site MoveOn.org, ran a groundbreaking online Democratic primary that netted 317,647 votes — far more than actual turnout in many states’ actual Presidential primaries.
Protect Your Company from Activists
If you are an executive inside a U.S. corporation of any significant size, then you have better keep an eye on the ongoing battle between Exxon Mobil and Greenpeace.