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This will be my first post in series of interest articles and blogs I have read for the week and will play it by ear here on out.

Social Media News

Social Media Presence of the Top US Newspapers – One of my favorite up and coming bloggers Glen from PluginID has shown some great stats with this post on newspapers on social media.

Social Media Predictions 2009 – A collaboration of great minds with Peter Kim

What’s in a Retweet? Data Behind Viral Messaging on Twitter – The main idea behind a Retweet, pretty good stuff

I want to work for Mashable – Michael Wong a beloved community user and ex power digg user went viral with this blog post that got heard around the twitter world and sparked some a lot of diggs!

Social Media in Plain English – Layman terms of Social Media.  Great read.

Wayne Sutton – Interview (Social Media Rockstar) – Interview with Wayne Sutton a rising Social Media Professional to keep an eye out for.

Understanding Izea’s Sponsored Blogging Service by Jeremiah Owyang – The whole fiasco behind the blogging sponsorship with the Social Media Superstars, a very good read to catch up on.

2008 in Review: Mashable’s 20 Most Popular Stories  by Mashable – A great round up of popular stories on Mashable.

Cool Posts

17,000 Push-Pin Super Mario 3 Mosiac   – A very cool art design with over 17k push pins on our favorite Nintendo star

Photoshop Age-Maps - A freaky photoshop concept art

The art of stone balancing  - A very cool display of stones balancing on each other, way cool

All-Star Post

The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook – Tamar’s Mac Daddy of a guide book on what to do and what not to do on Social Media Etiquette, SMV’s All-Star Post of the week!

Post from: Social Media Vision

Social Media Vision Weekly Roundup Dec 22nd – Social Media Predictions 2009