Facebook today announced 12 new Media apps for the new timeline profile.
Here they are :
- Buzzfeed
- CBS Local: Los Angeles and New York
- CMT
- The Daily Show
- GetGlue
- Huffington Post
- Mashable
- MSNBC.com
- MTV News
- Pixable
- Sporting News (launching in March)
- TODAY Show
Highlights from existing media sites:
- Yahoo!: Over the past 3 months, more than 25 million people have opted in to Social Bar, and 2 million people are using it every day. Younger users, aged 18 – 34, are the most active.
- Rockmelt: Rockmelt users are adding 14 new articles every day through the social browser, driving 20% new traffic and new users to the site.
- The Guardian UK: Since launching at f8, the app has been installed over 5 million times. Over half of the app’s users are 24 and under, bringing the Guardian to a traditionally hard to reach audience.
- Digg: Since Digg Social Reader launched, their page views are up 35%. They’ve seen a 2X increase in the number of monthly active users of their app, a 4X increase in weekly active users, and a 3X increase in daily active users.