Friday, 17 April 2009

Not the brightest spark. But more influential than CNN?

I love the way the digital revolution is unfolding before our eyes. Blink and the digiworld has moved on. During the first gulf war (1991), CNN shot to global prominence as the news authority to bring you the latest news as it happened. 18 years on, CNN is still a world leader in news, but in the newest media space - the social media space - it has been upstaged by an actor, famed for goofy roles on TV and movies and marrying someone old enough to be his mother. The dude does make some interesting points:

"In this day and age - it's a huge statement for social media - for one person to actually have the ability to broadcast to as many people as a major media network I think sort of signifies the turning of the tide from traditional news outlets to social media outlets"

Click on this link for more:
http://www.campaignindia.in/news/weekend_fun_supertwitter

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