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Wait, Business Insider Does Sports Now?

Lebron James on Business Insider

I didn’t realize Business Insider does sports, until I saw a link to an article on Yahoo’s homepage titled “LeBron James referenced a 4-month-old Kevin Love quote in a tweet, and the fallout is getting absurd.”

 

Three BBC Twitter accounts hacked

BBC Weather Hacked - NBC News

The BBC Weather Twitter account began posting some peculiar updates Thursday. You could argue that they were loosely weather themed, yes, but the tweets were a series of digs at countries and heads of state in the Middle East.

 

Betaworks’ News.me Shuts Down Its Apps, Team Heads Over To Digg

News.me, the social news service incubated at betaworks, announced today that it’s officially shutting down its iOS apps and removing them from the App Store. The company is also claiming that it’s yet another victim of Twitter’s latest API guidelines, and states that Twitter may have even viewed its service as a competitor. We might not go that far, but it makes for a good story.

 

The New Way Twitter Will Dominate Online Journalism

Twitter

Over the past few months, I have become increasingly interested in #Twitter with the help of my friend, Julie Hunt (@juliebhunt) of . Like (@Univ_of_Oregon) #Prof. Kyu Ho Youm (@Marshall Youm), I use Twitter to share, learn, and keep virtual note cards. As you've immediately noticed, I (@BenKerschberg) am writing this short piece in a ...

Senh: It's a good read on how to use Twitter to track news that you care about or market your brand. Lots of hashtags.

 

Hackers hit USA Today's Twitter page

Hacker group The Script Kiddies successfully hacked another news organization when it logged onto USA Today's Twitter page and posted false statements Sunday evening.

 

Retweeting rumors and the reality of news as a process

Retweeting rumors and the reality of news as a process

Are those who post unverified reports on Twitter playing an important role in the new ecosystem of news, or being irresponsible and indulging in gossip? That question goes to the heart of the idea of news as a process rather than a finished product.

 

Media Watch: Top Newspapers, Ranked by Twitter Followers

The top 25 U.S. newspapers - according to the number of Twitter followers, as recorded by Journalistics a bit over a week ago - is below. Sitting very comfortably in first place is The New York Times with 2.6 million - and they are the only news source on the list that has more followers than print circulation. The Wall Street Journal is number two with 464,591 followers, and The Washington Post comes in at third with 204,514. The Chicago Tribune, however, if you count both of its Twitter accounts, including @ColonelTribune, totals a second-place 879,490. 1. @nytimes – 2,668,948 2.

 

@BreakingNews: MSNBC.com Will Now Manage Twitter's Most Popular Breaking News Account

BNO News, the news wire service famous for publishing breaking news stories through its @BreakingNews Twitter feed, just announced that it plans to launch a new news wire service early next year.

 

The Top 100 Twitter News Sources

We’re always interested in understanding the habits, preferences, and future trends of Twitter and its users. For example, we were fascinated by a report listing the most engaging celebrities on Twitter, and by a new site that analyzes the 50 hottest brands on Twitter on a daily basis.

 

Media Loves Twitter This Much: $48 Million A Month At Least

Media Loves Twitter This Much: $48 Million A Month At Least

If Twitter needed to pay for the media coverage the company and service gets across the board, it would have spent almost as ...

 

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