The announcement that Steve Jobs was resigning as CEO of Apple was, by far, the subject of the most news links shared via Twitter during the week of Aug. 22-26, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism’s New Media Index.
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. Fox News’ “commander in tweet” Andy Levy was back with another edition of “Twitter News” on Red Eye this week. Red Eye celebrated its 500th show this week as well.
In the segment, Levy explains how Twitter is much more than a “place where cool kids like Ashton Kutcher and Snoop Dogg hang out with dorky losers like David Shuster and Rick Sanchez.” Also featured: a “We Surround Them” Glenn Beck shout-out:
Fox News’ late night news/comedy hybrid “Red Eye” debuted a new segment this week from ombudsman Andy Levy (@AndyLevy), called “Twitter News.” Why the need to know the “latest going-ons” on Twitter? “Twitter is now considered by many to be the most important source of news in the history of humankind,” said Levy.
Featured tweets include Rachel Maddow‘s cowering, David Gregory‘s hair and Dan Abrams‘ bus ride:
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