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How Twitter Tracked The News Of The World Scandal

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By Barry Ritholtz - July 17th, 2011, 7:54AM

Guardian:

Rupert Murdoch’s decision to close the News of the World was greeted with a frenzy on Twitter. The Guardian has analysed half a million tweets sent with the #notw hashtag over the past four days to capture how the scandal has resonated with the online community.

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Source: How Twitter tracked the News of the World scandal (Guardian.co.uk)

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Category: Current Affairs, Financial Press.

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3 Responses to “How Twitter Tracked The News Of The World Scandal”

  1. not-affiliated-with-Wall Street Says:
    July 17th, 2011 at 8:57 am

    #notw brushing teeth while in Murdoch frenzy

  2. Orange14 Says:
    July 17th, 2011 at 9:19 am

    BR, Off Topic but a really great column in today’s Washington Post!!!

  3. Jojo Says:
    July 17th, 2011 at 7:16 pm

    Also:
    https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23shakespeare4murdoch

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