J.D. Lasica is one of the world's leading authorities on social media and the revolution in user-created media. A writer, strategist, blogger and consultant, he is the co-founder and editorial director of Ourmedia.org, president of the Social Media Group
’ve got 99 friends on Facebook but I hear from Jason Calacanis more than anyone. He has turned Facebook into a marketing platform for his human-powered search engine, Mahalo. And he doesn’t pay Facebook a dime for this primo branding opportunity.
Techcrunch is reporting Demand Media bought Austin-based Pluck for $75MM cash. Frankly, I am fairly surprised. I first wrote about Pluck after sitting on a panel at the McCombs School of Business (UT @ Austin)