Obama News & Articles

Social Media moves so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Here are the week’s top stories, in scan-friendly format.

This Week:

• How Obama Won the Online War
• Web 2.0 Summit Updates: Zuckerburg and Yang
• Happy 5th Birthday Delicious!
• Health 2.0 You Say?
• How Will Twitter Make Money #1,000,123
• Following the Election on Twitter Sucked

How Barack Obama Won the Online War

We all know that the President-elect has changed the game in terms of how elections are run, embracing the youth vote through the social tools which they use to communicate and raising millions in campaign funds through omnipresent widgets. No serious electoral candidate in future will go to war without having a serious social media strategy, and without thinking seriously about how to coin it from online contributions.

As you settle in tomorrow evening with your bucket of chicken and foamy six-pack, you’ll want to know which Social Web destinations you should go to to augment your traditional TV viewing enjoyment. In rough order, these are the essential sites and hubs you’ve got to keep an eye on to get the full election picture.

Twitter Election Channel

If you’re the kind of news junkie who just has to know breaking stories before everyone else, here’s the place to come. Twitter obliterates TV, radio, blogs, news websites and everyone else when it comes to getting breaking news out fast. If someone pulls down Barack’s pants backstage, to reveal that the great man wears hammer & sickle boxer shorts, you’ll hear it here first. If John and Sarah get caught making out in the campaign bus en route to Arkansas, the Twitterati will be posting it ahead of anyone else.