How Much Money Is the Zombie Meme Worth?

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With the season three finale of The Walking Dead on Sunday night, we know you're looking for your next zombie fill to chew on until World War Z hits theaters. Fear not, for zombies are here to stay. From TV series and movies to video games and books, those groaning, bloodied masses know how to rake in the cash, with a $5.74 billion contribution to the global economy over the past four years. Who knew the undead could be so lucrative? SEE ALSO: Pianist Plays Killer 'Walking Dead' Theme Song — Zombies Included Plants Vs. Zombies on Apple's App Store generated $1 million in sales in its first nine days The Walking Dead comic book series brought in more than than $335,000 in mid-2012 and zombie comic books, magazines and shows raked in $50 million since 2008 Read more... More about Entertainment , Zombies , and Infographic Read more »

SAG Awards Creep Into TV’s Top 20 Social Shows of the Week

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It was fitting that the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony boosted its social media profile this year. One of the night's most popular bits basically rehashed a viral Facebook review of Les Misérables . This year's show experienced a nearly tenfold increase in social participation since 2012, garnering more than half a million mentions online. Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Hathaway were among the night's big winners. The SAG broadcast only placed eighth on the cable rankings for the week, however. Professional wrestling, hockey, basketball and MTV's reality show Catfish came in ahead. Read more »

How the Middle East, North Africa Are Using Facebook for Marketing

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The Middle East and North Africa are quickly becoming key sectors in the Facebook population. Since the beginning of 2012, the regions have grown 29%, adding more than 10 million new users, according to a new study. Analytics company SocialBakers dove into the Facebook usage of these new users and found the areas developing as companies are realizing the influence a social network can have on brand presence. Read more »

20 TV Shows With the Most Social Buzz This Week

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In a week defined by the second 2012 presidential debate , FOX's The X Factor once again took the top spot on our social TV chart. The vocal competition, now in its sixth straight week atop the broadcast rankings, earned 1.7 million social media impressions, more than twice the score of debate coverage by NBC , CBS or ABC . Read more »

20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week

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Even the first week of summer didn't distract sports fans from the week's hottest games, nor did it keep them off the social feeds. Once again, ESPN's broadcasts of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship dominated the cable charts. Meanwhile, Thursday's NBA Championship game between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder had social networks ablaze with boastful updates from Floridian fans Read more »

Smartphone and Tablet Users: The New Shopaholics?

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As smartphone and tablet use across the United States continues to proliferate, it shouldn't come as a surprise that mobile commerce sales have quadrupled over the past two years. According to an infographic from Statista , the leading German Internet statistics company, there are almost 120 million smartphone users in the U.S. right now, and about half as many tablet users. Read more »