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Results from Media forOctober 2013

Verifying Tweets when news breaks: Q&A with the NYT’s Jennifer Preston

Friday, October 18, 2013 | By Andrew Fitzgerald (@magicandrew), Interim Head of News Partnerships [19:27 UTC]
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When news breaks, Twitter can help reporters track down a story. New York Times reporter Jennifer Preston explains how to work fast and get things right on Twitter.Read more…

Fall premieres: The new Tweeters show how it’s done

Monday, October 14, 2013 | By Lara Cohen (@Larakate), Head of TV Talent [20:14 UTC]
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New fall season TV show stars use Twitter to build engagement and buzz.Read more…

Two weeks in Twitter alerts

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 | By Bridget Coyne (@bcoyne), Partnerships, Government & Politics Team [21:07 UTC]
How Twitter Alerts has helped government and emergency responders notify the public during recent breaking events.Read more…

News for Bostonians, by Bostonians

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 | By Simon Rogers (@smfrogers), Data Editor [19:36 UTC]
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A new website uses Twitter recommendations to find the best news stories.Read more…

Fall premieres: From #ScandalRecruitment to #ScandalRewatch ...#ScandalisBack in a big way

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 | By Liz Myers (@thisbeliz), TV Partnerships [19:33 UTC]
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ABC uses its strong #Scandal following to recruit new fans on Twitter.Read more…

#UNGA: Twitter and the global political conversation

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 | By Sean Evins (@Evins), Partnerships Manager, Government & Politics Team [18:02 UTC]
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Twitter was an integral part of the conversation around #UNGA from the beginning. Find out howRead more…

Politicians, gov’t agencies turn to Twitter amidst #Shutdown

Friday, October 4, 2013 | By Simon Rogers (@smfrogers), Data Editor [22:00 UTC]
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How Twitter is being used to spread information - and opinions - during the #shutdown.Read more…

Fall premieres: Live-tweeting with #CBSTweetWeek

Friday, October 4, 2013 | By Liz Myers (@thisbeliz), TV Partnerships [21:11 UTC]
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See how CBS brought their talent together and invited fans to join them to watch and tweet the fall season premieres in the the third part of our series.Read more…

Testing live-tweeting with @MLB

Thursday, October 3, 2013 | By Simon Rogers (@smfrogers), Data Editor [14:17 UTC]
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Which type of live-tweeting gets you the most followers and engagement? Here’s how we answered this question for MLB.Read more…

The German election on Twitter

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 | By Isa Sonnenfeld (@isasun), Government & Broadcast Partnerships, Germany [20:31 UTC]
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Throughout the German “Bundestagswahl 2013” Twitter was the place where the live, public discussion around political topics and events took place.Read more…
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