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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter Inc. is reporting a loss of $61.6 million in its first quarter. The San Francisco company said it had a loss of 9 cents per […]
Twitter on Friday dropped a lawsuit it had filed a day earlier against the U.S. government, saying in court papers that the government had withdrawn a summons for information about an account critical of President Donald Trump.
Twitter is suing the US government to prevent the Trump administration from forcing it to reveal who’s running an anti-Trump account. In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Twitter says an arm of the Department of Homeland Security used a “limited-purpose investigatory tool” in an effort to unmask the identity of the person or people behind @ALT_uscis, an account that criticizes the administration’s management of US Citizenship and Immigration Services. USCIS is part of DHS.
In markets both big and small, tweets still made up the majority of social media posts for local TV broadcasters in the fourth quarter of 2016 despite Facebook’s huge advantages in both audience size and ability to drive engagement on social media, according to Share Rocket data.
NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has found more creative ways to ease its 140-character limit without officially raising it. Now, the company says that when you reply to someone – […]
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The Twitter and Instagram accounts for NBC-owned WRC led the Washington market with a 29 share as a group, followed by Fox-owned WTTG with a 28.7 share and Tegna-owned WUSA with a 28.5 share, according to data from Share Rocket.
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News said three of its Twitter accounts were hacked Thursday morning, sending out profanity-filled tweets to its millions of followers. The tweets have since been […]
Twitter has officially announced the Periscope Producer application program interface aimed at adding new ways of sharing live video on Twitter for media companies and broadcasters. The move emphasizes its push toward increased live video ahead of its NewFronts appearance.
The NFL is selling the rights to stream its Thursday Night Football games next season, and at least four big tech companies are interested. Facebook, Amazon, Twitter and Google’s YouTube have all submitted proposals to the NFL in the hope of streaming the games, according to two sources familiar with the process.
Twitter has signed a deal with Dick Clark Productions to renew its exclusive live streaming of red carpet coverage at awards shows. The new deal will take effect for the forthcoming CMAs and include the Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards, among other events.
As news organizations grapple with covering a commander in chief unlike any other, Donald Trump’s Twitter account — a bully pulpit, propaganda weapon and attention magnet all rolled into one — has quickly emerged as a fresh journalistic challenge and a source of lively debate.
Twitter’s forays into live streaming sports, along with the rise of Facebook Live, have had a marginally incursive affect so far. Finding a business model for live, internet-supported video is a tricky proposition, as most media events — particularly disasters — are unplanned and not suited for commercial interruption as opposed to sports.
Disney kicked the tires but will apparently pass on making a bid for Twitter. That leaves just Salesforce since Google is already out and Apple is unlikely. Twitter’s shares fell 9% in after-hours trading on the news.
Continuing to pursue TV-related ad deals, Twitter disclosed an “upfront” deal with The CW and Ford Motor Co. for its Twitter Amplify effort. Starting Oct. 4, The CW is creating social media videos — weekly recaps, highlights, via fan tweets and CW sneak peek content — for a number of its shows.
Twitter has yet to enter a formal sale process, but that hasn’t stopped speculating — and leaks — accelerating. A source now tells CNBC that Facebook isn’t interested in submitting a bid, but Microsoft is a “potential suitor.” Neither Facebook nor Microsoft are commenting. Meanwhile, the potential sale could happen within the next 30-45 days, sources say.
One is an entertainment giant famous for exacting tight control over its content. The other is a tech firm whose commitment to free speech has earned it a reputation as a hub for news and a haven for online harassment. Together, they make for a brow-raising pairing. But stranger things have happened.
The Walt Disney Co. is working with a financial adviser to evaluate a possible bid for Twitter Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. After receiving some inbound interest, Twitter started a process to evaluate a potential sale.
There’s hardly a platform on which Americans won’t be able to see Hillary Clinton squaring off against Donald Trump in the three presidential debates. Twitter is now in the game via a deal with Bloomberg to live stream its coverage, and the form will be the same as its streaming of NFL games.
That number was smaller than Yahoo’s live stream of a Thursday game last season. and it’s way smaller than the 48.1 million who watched it on live TV. Last Thursday’s game was the first of 10 that the platform will stream this season.
In the debut of an NFL plan to live stream Thursday Night Football on Twitter, the video feed had a slight delay. Fans’ complaints were posted on Twitter in real time.
If average users won’t come to Twitter, then Twitter will come to them. That seems to be the reasoning behind the social giant’s decision to launch a new Twitter app for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Microsoft’s Xbox One.
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey has a lot riding on his bet that live streaming events — especially the NFL’s Thursday Night Football, to which it won rights — will kickstart a necessary turnaround. The Wall Street Journal reports that ad packages for all 10 games run $1 million-$8 million with two commercials per game and additional sponsorship of clips, but some ad buyers are hesitant to commit. Twitter hopes that by bringing its app to TV screens via Apple TV, those anxieties will abate. WSJ subscribers can read the full story here.
A partnership between Twitter and MLB Advanced Media will see live Major League Baseball and National Hockey League games on the Twitter social media platform. The deal announced today by Twitter will see a live, free video stream of a weekly out-of-market game from MLB and the NHL subject to blackouts. While the sides have not yet announced the schedule of when this will take place, it will likely occur in late summer or fall of 2016.
Twitter is expanding its livestream offerings by partnering with Bloomberg to air four of its TV shows on the social sharing site and applications. The media company will soon livestream Bloomberg West, What’d You Miss?, With All Due Respect and the network’s markets coverage on Twitter.
People will be able to watch video of the political conventions on mobile devices and desktops alongside a feed of political tweets, Twitter said today. The GOP convention begins in Cleveland on July 18, with the Democrats in Philadelphia the following week. Besides being the latest example of Twitter’s foray into video, the announcement is a major shot of exposure for CBSN, CBS News’ two-year-old live online stream.
After paying $10 million to live stream 10 of the NFL’s Thursday night games next season, Twitter has been busy trying to sell ad packages around the content. it has already sold 60% of those packages, which are priced at $2 million-$8 million and include in-game ads, pre-roll ads and Periscope streams. It has a $50 million goal at the end of the rainbow.
With nearly a billion Tweets sent in the U.S. about TV during the 2015-2016 season, social media continues to play a starring role in fans’ living rooms. With online response to linear TV peaking as programs air live, networks, agencies and advertisers pay close attention to highly engaging moments and look to capitalize on social programs as opportunities for advertisers to drive earned media. Nielsen looks back to highlight the top series, specials and sports events on Twitter in the U.S. from Aug. 31, 2015, through May 29, 2016.
Add Twitter to the flock of bidders who have circled Yahoo. Jack Dorsey’s struggling social network met with Yahoo’s management, led by CEO Marissa Mayer, several weeks ago to discuss a possible merger of the companies, sources tell the New York Post.
Next season, the social media service will stream 10 Thursday night games, the same ones that CBS and NBC will be broadcasting. Sources say Twitter is paying $10 million for the privilege and will provide promotional opportunities to the league.
According to an unnamed source, Twitter has clinched the deal to live stream the NFL’s Thursday night games. The NFL wants the deal to reach cord-cutters, while Twitter gets a key piece of content to attract mainstream users in its quest to make its service a go-to place to react to and discuss live events.
