MSNBC to take over breaking news Twitter account

[Trevor Trevor]

MSNBC to take over breaking news Twitter account

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2009/11/23/tech-internet-twitter-msnbc-bno-news.html



U.S. cable news station MSNBC will take over @BreakingNews, a news
service based in the microblogging service Twitter, BNO News said
Monday.

BNO News says msnbc.com will be the first client of its new service,
BNO News Wire, and will take over the Twitter account starting in
early December.

"With the launch of the subscription-based news wire service, BNO News
will shift attention away from @BreakingNews to focus on building and
delivering this new enhanced service to media companies and
publishers," BNO News said in a statement.

The @BreakingNews account on Twitter has 1.4 million followers, and is
ranked No. 78 on the list of the most followed Twitter accounts.

CNN's breaking news account on Twitter, @cnnbrk, has 2.8 million followers.

BNO News also has a popular subscription-based iPhone app for breaking
news alerts.

BNO News was founded by Michael von Poppel of the Netherlands and
Rodrigo Javier Aguiar of Mexico. Von Poppel will turn 20 in December.