• Trends – Facebook Freebie Crackdown Continues
  The accounts vary, but unlike years past where regardless of the prognosticator, the predictions looked dire, today when it comes to how much will Facebook make, the only question is how high to guess. Estimates put the companies 2008 revenues between $300mm and $350mm with 2009 coming in somewhere between $650mm and $750mm. Compare those to 2007, when it was believed the company did between $100mm to $150mm range.
• Digital Thoughts – For Better or for Worse?
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