Summary: Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 136<br> <br> Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the gutter that has become the Republican primary race; NPR’s odd decision to NOT promote its podcasts on air; Microsoft’s decision to shut down the Tay chatbot; a Bank of America media relations fail; the meaninglessness of head-to-head political polls during the primary season; the new YouTube Connect live video streaming app; Ester the Wonderpig; Amazon’s pay-by-selfie patent application; teen voting; Twitter’s plans to recruit Vine stars; a real cat burglar; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Image courtesy <a href="https://flic.kr/p/rbxGEV">Dimitar Atanasov</a>.<br> Worst Digital Cases<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a43332/ted-cruz-donald-trump-rat-copulate/">Esquire Headline: Ted Cruz Will Do Anything For Love, But He Won’t Do Rats</a><br> * <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/03/npr-decides-it-wont-promote-its-podcasts-or-npr-one-on-air/">NPR Won’t Promote Its On Podcasts On Air</a><br> * <a href="https://cdn.ampproject.org/c/fusion.net/story/284617/8chan-microsoft-chatbot-tay-racist/amp/">Who Turned Microsoft’s Chatbot Racist? Surprise, It Was 4chan & 8chan</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/712592629947621376">Bank Of America Media Relations #Fail</a><br> <br> Best Digital Cases<br> <br> * <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2016/03/23/google-is-building-youtube-connect-a-live-streaming-app-to-take-on-periscope/">Google Is Building A Live-Streaming YouTube App</a><br> * <a href="http://www.estherthewonderpig.com/">Ester The Wonderpig</a><br> * <a href="http://recode.net/2016/03/14/amazon-wants-the-patent-for-pay-by-selfie/">Pay By Selfie</a><br> * <a href="http://adage.com/article/digital/wishbone/303138/">Teens Are Voting</a><br> * <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/twitter-in-discussions-with-top-vine-creators-about-payment">Twitter Is Considering Paying Top Vine Stars</a><br> * <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35859813">Real Cat Burglar Goes Viral</a><br> <br> Shiny New Stuff<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.creativepr.com/google-nik-collection-photo-editing-software/">Google Nik Collection</a><br> <br> Projects<br> Beyond Social Media Show is now on iTunes & Stitcher!<br> We’d be wildly appreciative if you would give us a review:<br> <br> * <a href="http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/itunes" target="_blank">iTunes </a><br> * <a href="http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/stitcher" target="_blank">Stitcher</a><br> <br> The Daily Numbers<br> <br> * <a href="http://trends.e-strategyblog.com/2016/03/21/audio-media-consumption-behavior-webinar/26761">Audio Media Consumption</a><br> * <a href="http://www.creativepr.com/podcasting-growth/">Podcasting Growth</a><br> <br> BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA HOSTS<br> David Erickson<br> <br> * <a title="David Erickson" href="http://plus.google.com/+DavidErickson">David Erickson on Google Plus</a><br> * <a title="David Erickson" href="http://twitter.com/derickson">@derickson</a><br> * <a title="The Daily Numbers" href="http://twitter.com/thedailynumbers">@TheDailyNumbers</a><br> * <a title="e-Strategy Content Marketing Blog" href="http://e-StrategyBlog.com/">e-Strategy Content Marketing Blog</a><br> * <a title="e-Strategy Marketing Trends and Statistics" href="http://Trends.e-StrategyBlog.com/">e-Strategy Trends</a><br> * <a title="Success at Creative Public Relations blog" href="http://creativepr.com/blog">Success @ Creative PR</a><br> * <a title="eStrategy Marketing Videos" href="http://youtube.com/estrategy">eStrategy YouTube – Marketing Videos</a><br> <br> B.L. Ochman<br> <br> * <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+BLOchman/">BL Ochman on Google Plus</a><br> * <a title="Maximum-Plus.com - Online Events on Google Plus" href="http://maximu..."></a>
