VIACOM, a media conglomerate based in New York, has an unusual response to the downturn: it is launching a television channel.

面对如今经济衰退的形势，纽约的一家大型传媒公司维亚康姆采取了一种极不寻常的应对方式：开通新的电视频道。

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Suspicions that La Gloria -- which lies near a large pig plant -- could have been the launching point of the swine flu virus prompted a wave of media attention on the boy.

据人们猜测，位于一个大型养猪场附近的La Gloria 村庄是甲型H1N1流感病毒的源头，这引发了媒体对这名男童的关注。

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Nor has it stopped colleges from launching social media classes or even adding entire social media masters degrees.

各大院校还纷纷推出了社交媒体课程，有的甚至还增设了社交媒体专业的硕士学位。

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Jeremy Toeman, chief executive of San Francisco start-up Dijit Media, is launching a new social TV Guide this summer.

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Finally, as part of the celebration of the Day around the world, UNESCO is joining media organizations in launching the annual Women Make the News (WMN) initiative.

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Launching at New Media Expo in Las Vegas this afternoon, the show audience is crowdsourced online and invited to invent the future in real time.

FORBES: 'Inventing The Future' Launches Crowdsourced TV