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Twitter has agreed to submit to the Media Rating Council for accreditation consideration — all coming in the midst of plaguing issues regarding digital media measurement. The MRC says Twitter has agreed to submit a set of key measurement metrics — the first phase of the accreditation process.

The move follows similar steps by Facebook and the introduction of a bill that seeks to bring more transparency to online political ads in an attempt to lessen the influence of Russia and other foreign entities on U.S. elections.

Donald Trump’s Twitter feed has become a news service for political junkies. It’s also raised a tangle of new ethical and legal questions for reporters covering the White House.

Facebook, Google and others positioned themselves as bettering the world. But their systems and tools have also been used to undermine democracy and now they are under fire for creating problems instead of solving them.

The president mocks a Republican senator’s height, challenges his secretary of state to an I.Q. contest and keeps the audience on the edge of their seats.

President Trump thinks latenight comedy is no laughing matter. He slapped back at TV hosts and their snarky monologues on Twitter Saturday morning — and hinted at regulatory retaliation. “Late Night host are dealing with the Democrats for their very ‘unfunny’ & repetitive material, always anti-Trump!” he complained at 8 a.m.. “Should we get Equal Time?”

The RTDNA Voice of the First Amendment Task Force is calling on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee to ignore a tweet from President Trump seeking an investigation into what he called “Fake News Networks.”

President Donald Trump urged Congress Thursday morning to launch an investigation of the news media, wondering online “why so much of our news is just made up.” He did not single out a specific story or media outlet that he believed to be guilty of inaccurate reporting.

Facebook may be the big dog when it comes to driving traffic to local TV news sites, but Twitter is an essential tool now for creating online content.

Twitter is trying out a version of its service that extends the allotted text limit of a post to 280 characters, double the current amount.

Social media companies, including giants Facebook and Twitter, are in the spotlight over Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 campaign. Twitter will brief the Senate Intelligence Committee next week over Russian influence on its platform. So far, the company has been publicly tight-lipped about whether it even found any evidence of Russian activity.

BuzzFeed is getting into the morning TV show business, kicking off an hour-long streaming show on Twitter on Monday, AM to DM, which launches at 10 a.m. ET for the later-waking millennials it’s targeting, and “BuzzFeed brass thinks will be a more authentic, modern version of the television classic.”

Fox and Twitter are pairing on streaming initiatives for a handful of the network’s shows, including a digital pre-show for “Empire” that launches Sept. 20. A marathon of streamed episodes of “The Mick” will also stream, hosted by star Kaitlin Olson, and the new sci-fi comedy “Ghosted” will stream nightly on Twitter from Sept. 21-24 ahead of its Oct. 1 debut. 

Since the first tweet went over a decade ago, Twitter has become a universally known brand, and more importantly, a tool that has become an essential communications tool to millions across the globe. With that in mind, here’s a closer look at the state of journalism on Twitter in 2017.

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The sun is setting on SnappyTV, Twitter’s video-editing tool that allows TV networks and other publishers to cut and share TV clips on Twitter, Facebook and other platforms. In its place, Twitter will offer a new video-editing software inside its growing Twitter Media Studio product for media companies, though some publishers fear the change will eliminate their ability to share clips outside of Twitter’s ecosystem.

Some in the White House see the president’s feud with the press as giving ammunition to his base. To many inside the White House, as well as outside allies, what looked like a public relations debacle last week amounted to an abundance of “winning” — a Trumpian catchphrase playfully repeated Friday by some West Wing officials, even as they were discomfited by the Brzezinski broadside.

MSNBC Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski postponed a vacation in order to respond to President Donald Trump’s Twitter attack yesterday in an op-ed piece in today’s Washington Post headlined: “Donald Trump Is Not Well.”

In a series of morning tweets, the president went after Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, who have criticized Trump on their MSNBC show Morning Joe. “I heard poorly rated @Morning Joe speaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came … to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year’s Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!”

President Trump went after the “Fake News Media” early this morning, accusing the press of publishing false stories. “The Fake News Media has never been so wrong or so dirty,” Trump tweeted Tuesday. “Purposely incorrect stories and phony sources to meet their agenda of hate. Sad!”

In an effort to hook a larger audience for a fledgling drama, TNT will stream Claws on Twitter following its TV premiere on June 11. In what TNT parent Turner is calling the first time a cable drama has been streamed on Twitter, the premiere episode will air on Twitter at 10 p.m. ET after its 9 p.m. airing on TNT. TNT is also planning on having series stars Niecy Nash, Carrie Preston, Jenn Lyon, Judy Reyes and Karrueche Tran live tweet during the TV premiere.

President Trump swiped at media outlets in a tweet Tuesday morning, saying that media members “hate” his use of social media. “The FAKE MSM is working so hard trying to get me not to use Social Media. They hate that I can get the honest and unfiltered message out,” Trump tweeted.

As Twitter continues to accelerate its original programming plans, the social media platform is also apparently adding Apple TV support to its iOS app.

Stone, who left Twitter in 2011 and recently sold his startup Jelly to Pinterest, announced in a blog post Tuesday that he’s headed back full-time to the company he helped found. It’s not exactly clear what Stone’s title will be, but a source familiar with the move says he’ll report to Twitter CMO Leslie Berland and help with internal communications and morale at the company.

The president rarely surfs the web on his own, but his staff have made a habit of slipping news stories on to his desk — including the occasional internet hoax.

Twitter lost the deal to stream the NFL’s Thursday Night Football games this year to Amazon, but today the company is announcing a new multi-year agreement that will bring live football programming to its service. According to the NFL, Twitter will stream official NFL video and other content to fans year-round, including a new 30-minute live digital show that will air on Twitter five nights per week, during football season.

Twitter’s quickly expanding slate of live programming is now available on Roku devices. The app is accessible to all users with a current generation Roku device even if they don’t have a Twitter account. The new Roku channel will feature Twitter’s original programming and live simulcasts in sports, entertainment, news and politics.

President Trump on Thursday blasted the media, saying members of the press will do anything to “get attention.” “The Fake News media is officially out of control,” the president tweeted. “They will do or say anything in order to get attention — never been a time like this!”

Alan Pergament: “My new favorite TV channel is … Twitter. Through links sent by followers, it allows me to see things that I forget to DVR and to go to bed early to see things that haven’t aired yet.”

It’s the first women’s sport to be live-streamed on Twitter. The inaugural game will be the Dallas Wings against the Phoenix Mercury on May 14. The agreement also includes the WNBA joining Twitter’s Amplify program, which will include 40 highlight packages per week being featured across Twitter.

Twitter has found its first partner for its push into round-the-clock streaming television: Bloomberg. The social-media company is joining forces with the global financial news outlet to create a service that will stream news produced solely for Twitter 24 hours a day, seven days a week.