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CEO pushes Reg FD limits on Twitter

CEO pushes Reg FD limits on Twitter

By Dominic Jones on September 15, 2011

ALAN Meckler, CEO of WebMediaBrands Inc. (NASDAQ: WEBM), may be single-handedly redefining how corporate executives in the buttoned-down world of public companies communicate with their investors.

Posted in IR News, Social Media | Tagged regulation fd, Twitter, Web Disclosure

Live tweeting becomes a fixture of earnings season

Live tweeting becomes a fixture of earnings season

By Dominic Jones on August 16, 2011

OVER the past several weeks, dozens of companies have added a new feature to their normally mundane quarterly financial reporting ritual: they are using social networks to deliver a stream of updates and key facts from their results announcements in so-called “live tweeting” sessions.

Posted in IR News, Social Media | Tagged Quarterly Reporting, StockTwits, Twitter

Can a tweet meet the SEC’s Fair Disclosure rules?

Can a tweet meet the SEC’s Fair Disclosure rules?

By Dominic Jones on May 11, 2011

AS MORE companies and their executives begin to use Twitter in their investor relations communications, regulatory issues are becoming a pressing concern for IR professionals and in-house counsel.

Posted in IR News, Law, Social Media | Tagged regulation fd, Twitter

How Citigroup uses social media in its quarterly reporting

How Citigroup uses social media in its quarterly reporting

By Dominic Jones on April 19, 2011

Updated: See update at end of post. BIG American banks are hardly innovators in the field of online investor relations communications, but Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) is breaking the mold by incorporating social media into its quarterly reporting.

Posted in Social Media | Tagged Quarterly Reporting, Twitter, YouTube

Demand for Twitter hedge fund exceeds expectations

Demand for Twitter hedge fund exceeds expectations

By Dominic Jones on April 7, 2011

A HEDGE fund that plans to use Twitter sentiment to predict the stock market has seen so much demand from investors that it has been forced to delay its launch and change its corporate structure to accommodate more investors, according to one of its founders.

Posted in IR News, Social Media | Tagged hedge funds, sentiment, Twitter

NASDAQ OMX Nordic regulator discusses social media

NASDAQ OMX Nordic regulator discusses social media

By Annica Strahner on March 31, 2011

COMPLIANCE risk is the most common reason given by investor relations professionals in Scandinavia to explain why they do not use social media, and various discussions and events that have tackled the topic haven’t helped to give them more comfort.

Posted in IR News, Social Media | Tagged Facebook, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, regulation, Twitter, YouTube

Deutsche EuroShop integrates social media into investor relations website

Deutsche EuroShop integrates social media into investor relations website

By Dominic Jones on March 10, 2011

DEUTSCHE EuroShop AG (DES), a Germany-based mid-cap company that invests in shopping malls across Europe, recently redesigned their corporate website to place a strong emphasis on social media as a way to improve communication with investors and other stakeholders.

Posted in Online IR, Social Media | Tagged blogs, Twitter

IR websites resemble “wire services” as Q4 taps APIs

IR websites resemble “wire services” as Q4 taps APIs

By Dominic Jones on March 8, 2011

Q4 WEB SYSTEMS, a provider of website software for investor relations departments, has been quietly  rolling out a new breed of corporate website that features direct integration with a variety of third-party online services to push out information to investors and other stakeholders.

Posted in Online IR | Tagged APIs, content management systems, Facebook, StockTwits, Twitter

Fortune firm stops tweeting, blames poor engagement

Fortune firm stops tweeting, blames poor engagement

By Dominic Jones on March 1, 2011

A FORTUNE Global 500 company has suspended its activity on Twitter saying that the only people who engaged the firm were social media consultants and people trying to inflate their follower numbers.

Posted in Social Media | Tagged engagement, Twitter

Dell Inc. breaks new ground for social media in investor relations

Dell Inc. breaks new ground for social media in investor relations

By Dominic Jones on February 16, 2011

WHEN Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) reported its Q4 2011 financial results yesterday it broke new ground for online investor relations communications and set the stage for an era where companies and executives can use social media with as much confidence of compliance as traditional disclosure channels.

Posted in IR News, Social Media | Tagged Quarterly Reporting, StockTwits, Twitter

Another regulator says “re-tweets” and “likes” signal endorsement

Another regulator says “re-tweets” and “likes” signal endorsement

By Dominic Jones on February 8, 2011

RE-TWEETS on Twitter and “Likes” on Facebook may be endorsements of third-party content under securities laws, according to draft guidance published by the self-regulatory Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC).

Posted in IR News, Social Media | Tagged Facebook, regulation, Twitter

How Polycom uses social media in its quarterly reporting

How Polycom uses social media in its quarterly reporting

By Dominic Jones on February 2, 2011

“A LINK to the call will be provided on Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin,” and with that Michael R. Kourey, Chief Financial Officer of Polycom Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCM) begins reading the obligatory caution about forward-looking statements on his company’s Q4 2010 earnings call.

Posted in IR News, Social Media | Tagged Facebook, Quarterly Reporting, Twitter, Video, YouTube

Twitter most popular with FTSE 100 companies

Twitter most popular with FTSE 100 companies

By Dominic Jones on January 28, 2011

TWITTER is the most popular social media service among FTSE 100 companies while Facebook and corporate blogs are least popular, a survey by UK-based corporate web development firm The Group has found.

Posted in Social Media | Tagged blogs, Europe, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube

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