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New York Times

Pinterest Stake Fuels Rakuten's Quest to Be a Global Player
BusinessWeek
And now there's the investment in Pinterest. Mikitani is not your usual staid Japanese CEO. Ranked No. 161 on the Forbes rich list, Mikitani is a 47-year-old entrepreneur with an MBA from Harvard who gave up a career in banking to launch Rakuten in ...
Pinterest's First Investor: This Is 'What Facebook Was Supposed To Be'Forbes
Pinterest Raises $100 Million With $1.5 Billion ValuationWall Street Journal
Pinterest raises $100 million, lifting its value to $1.5 billionLos Angeles Times
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National Positions Launches Pinterest Marketing Program
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Monthly Pinterest marketing program that builds on all the most powerful social media strategies to connect with customers and drive traffic and sales to company websites (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 National Positions, a worldwide leader in Internet marketing ...

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ReadWriteWeb

Pinterest investors pitch in $100 million
DesMoinesRegister.com
Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann graduated from Des Moines' Roosevelt High School. / Anna Jones/Ikonix/Silicon Prairie News Pinterest, the online social sharing company with Des Moines roots, has raised $100 million in its latest round of funding.
Pinterest joins the billion dollar clubWashington Post
Pinterest Valuation $1.5 Billion After Fresh FinancingBusinessWeek
Pinterest pins down $100M in new fundingCNET
ReadWriteWeb -Fox Business -San Francisco Chronicle
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Learn the Basics of Using Pinterest for Business
PCWorld (blog)
By Rick Broida, PCWorld Should businesses be interested in Pinterest? On the surface, you might not think so: the service would appear to be little more than a showcase for cool jewelry and favorite recipes. However, it's also a great way to drive ...

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Pinterest joins the billion-dollar network club
CNET (blog)
The addiction to Pinterest has the start-up valued at $1.5 billion, Facebook's co-founder is under attack from senators for dropping his citizenship, and Twitter supports the Do-Not-Track browser feature. by Bridget Carey May 17, 2012 2:42 PM PDT ...

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The Guardian (blog)

Google+: still not as interesting as Pinterest, new study finds
The Guardian (blog)
Not at all, he says, and contrasts it with Pinterest - which recently won an investment round valuing it at over $1bn. RJMetrics did a similar analysis against Pinterest in February, and found completely different behaviour. "Pinterest's traffic charts ...

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CBC.ca

Pinterest: The Next Big Thing
PC Magazine
Target: Pinterest. I wrote about Pinterest back in February, but I may have missed its true strength: mercantilism. So, I'm going to revisit the service. If you don't have a Pinterest account, I'd advise getting on the waiting list.
Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest: The Users Of Social Media - AllTwittermediabistro.com
The power of social mediaKARE
How to Create a Social Media Content StrategyEntrepreneur

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Dickey's Announces Winner of Pinterest Contest
Sacramento Bee
By Dickey's Barbecue DALLAS, May 18, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants announced that Jamelyn Pulse of The Colony is the winner of its Pinterest contest, Smokin' Pin Wins. The world's largest barbecue franchise launched its ...

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The Hindu

Biz Break: Facebook performs its record-breaking IPO, as Pinterest and Spotify ...
San Jose Mercury News
Also: Social networking enthusiasm extends to Pinterest and Spotify, but not LinkedIn; and Apple's (AAPL) market cap closes below $500 billion. Facebook executed its record-breaking initial public offering Thursday, setting a share price of $38 and ...
Today's e-Reads: Advertisers Skeptical About Facebook, Pinterest Raises $100 ...National Journal
FACEBOOK FACE-OFF: Steer clear of the hypeThe Seattle Times
Facebook prices IPO at $38 per shareSan Francisco Chronicle
San Antonio Express -DesMoinesRegister.com
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Pinterest for brides, for better or worse
Baltimore Sun (blog)
By Megan Isennock, Special to The Baltimore Sun I started using Pinterest a year and a half ago. Partly because I had a feeling Pinterest was about to take off (it did) and partly, like a smoker uses toothpicks, to curb a little online shopping problem ...
StumbleUpon Weddings: Social Network Reveals Who's Searching For Wedding ...Huffington Post
Creating a Web 2.0 WeddingBusiness 2 Community

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