1. Business Week – Social Media Will Change Your Business
A rather long but informative article on the importance of social media

2. EMarketer – The UK Internet Boom
Some research looking into the state of internet usage in the UK

3. Web Strategy – What makes a Successful Marketing Campaign on Social Networks?
A great look at what succeeds in terms of marketing in social media

4. Read/Write Web – The Birth of the Political Long Tail
Barack Obama has been hugely successful in fundraising via the internet

5. Techcrunch UK – Facebook’s UK numbers are down. Meh.
Media reports suggest that Facebook’s audience has reduced. Not so, it is still very much growing

6. Financial Times – Microsoft nears hostile bid for Yahoo
The conclusion of the Microsoft bid for Yahoo! nears

7. The Guardian – Record traffic for UK news websites
More and more people are going to online versions of UK newspapers