DD on NewsHour: Edwards Verdict; Obama Crushing Romney on Twitter
In our regular segment on PBS’s NewsHour, Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz examined the explosion on Twitter as a jury prepared to let John Edwards walk. And they unveiled findings that President Obama (16 million followers) is creaming Mitt Romney (just over half a million followers) on Twitter. The picture becomes even more interesting when you examine the “social pull” of their Twitter fans.
Share this article
Watch Sizing Up Which Campaigns Are #Winning in Twitter Influence on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.
You might also like:
Comments
Latest Posts
Yahoo Promises Not to Screw Up
May 20th, 2013$1.1 Billion. That’s what Yahoo is paying to bring blogging site Tumblr into its fold. To tout the partnership, Yahoo wrote what has to be the best second sentence of any press release ever:
“Tumblr announced today that they have reached a definitive agreement for Yahoo! to acquire Tumblr. Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business.”
Yahoo Promotes Twitter Updates on Front Page
May 20th, 2013Yahoo has long tried to ensure that its homepage is packed with current news. Headlines from the AP abound, but these days that’s no longer enough. The newswires aren’t usually breaking news any more; it’s Twitter.
To adapt to this new reality, Yahoo recently announced a partnership with Twitter to allow tweets to directly appear on Yahoo’s homepage. As Emil Protalinski from The Next Web explains:
Scary Movies Coming to an iPad Near You
May 20th, 2013Want to watch a horror movie? Well, there’s now an app for that.
Filmmaker Neal Edelstein has made a horror film called Haunting Melissa that has been released as an app for the iPad 2. As Lucas Shaw describes it for The Wrap, it brings the concept into the 21st century:
“Horror films are all about surrendering control, as the viewer yields to the filmmaker for every twist, turn and fright.”
Facebook Studies Marriage Decisions
May 18th, 2013As a twentysomething woman, I’m always interested to see–when female friends get married–if they make the name change or keep their maiden name.
These days, that decision is usually announced by making it “Facebook official,” by simply changing the relationship status, or changing the last name along with it.
Using these data points, and women’s birth dates, Facebook analyzed what percentage of women from different age groups are taking their husbands’ last names, hyphenating their names or keeping their maiden names. The results were announced on the Facebook Data Science page this week.
Tumblr to Yahoo: Make My Day
May 17th, 2013Is the social blogging site Tumblr about to sell out?
Ad Week’s Mike Shields has the story that Tumblr has been having negotiations about being acquired by Yahoo.
As Shields reports, a deal could make sense for both companies:
“Yahoo is in serious talks with Tumblr to acquire the social blogging site, according to multiple sources familiar with the talks. The deal is not done, but could reach as high as $1 billion, Adweek has learned. Allthingsd.com was first to report on the talks between the two companies.”
