Twitter Has a Courtside Seat to March Madness
ESPN will also livestream 12-hour show Fitz's Big Basketball Binge-A-Thon Bonanza starting Thursday (March 15) at noon ET. The show will be hosted by the sports network's Jason Fitz and cover the tournament's entire first full day. It can be viewed here or via @ESPN. Finally, Twitter shared some of …
This US$35000 ranch salad dressing bottle can be won on Twitter
This US$35,000 ranch salad dressing bottle can be won on Twitter … To enter the competition, participants must follow @HVRanch on Twitter and retweet the promotional tweet with the hashtag #NationalRanchDay. Within three days, the post has been retweeted 8,500 times. It's not the first time the … Read More
Twitter CFO: We have a lot of work to do, but everybody in the world can benefit from our platform
As business looks up for the newly refocused Twitter, the company's tone has shifted from optimism to humility, the company's new CFO, Ned Segal, told CNBC on Tuesday. "We do feel a sense of humility, but we also know that everybody in the world could benefit from what happens on …
Twitter CFO: We’re creating a subscription product for businesses to advertise on Twitter
As Twitter undergoes a transformation, part of its strategy is bolstering capabilities for local businesses using the platform, CFO Ned Segal told CNBC on Tuesday. "We've got all these local businesses that are on Twitter, but they're not advertising on Twitter the way that they might on other platforms, … Read …
SXSW: 5 Female Film Journalists on How Twitter is Shaping the Industry
The female voices of film twitter provide their insight on the current state of film criticism. In a panel Sunday afternoon at SXSW, five professional female film journalists came together to discuss reporting on film in the age of social media. Moderated by Fandango and TCM host Alicia Malone, the …
Twitter Brutally Roasts WWE Over Honoring Fabulous Moolah In Women’s Battle Royal
WWE just can't seem to get out of its own way when it comes to the checkered history of a carnival-based industry. Credit: WWE.com. WWE has come under fire for honoring controversial pro wrestling figure the Fabulous Moolah. The Fabulous Moolah became the latest controversial subject of lionization … Read More
Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik Release Duel Breakup Statements on Twitter
It was a relationship that began at Victoria's Secret Fashion Show after-party and ended on Twitter. Supermodel Gigi Hadid and aspiring singer-songwriter Zayn Malik have announced they are going their own ways after more than two years together. News of the split broke earlier in the day in British … Read …
Twitter furthers clampdown on spammy content
Twitter suspended several popular accounts from the platform for working together in exclusive groups to retweet each other's posts and force virality of tweets, BuzzFeed reports. This practice, known as "tweetdecking," can be lucrative for involved parties — individuals are willing to pay tweetdeckers to … Read More
The best social media stock by far this year is not Facebook or Snap — it’s Twitter
The best-performing social media stock of 2018 isn't the group's long-standing leader Facebook or the resurgent Snap, but Twitter. Shares of Twitter have run up nearly 50 percent year to date, practically doubling Snap's 24 percent year-to-date gain and leaving shares of Facebook, up less than 5 … Read More
‘I Got #Tillersoned’ Becomes Viral Meme as Twitter Users Share Bad Breakup Stories
A statement by Tillerson aid Steve Goldstein led reporters to believe Tillerson found out he had been fired over Twitter – the platform Trump made the announcement on. Goldstein was promptly fired by the White house and conflicting reports claim that Tillerson was informed ahead of the announcement. Read More