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Tweetable TV: 13 Primetime Comedy Stars on Twitter...politics after the show with Colbert's tongue in cheek tweets. Keep laughing and follow Shira Lazar (@shiralazar) and her co-host Michael Bachmann (@thebachmann) on Twitter. Plus, you can catch their new daily show, "What's So Funny", to... In this article: Twitter, Kelly Kapoor, Barney Stinson, Stephen Colbert, Neil Patrick Harris, Primetime, Lily Aldrin, and Dwight Schrute |
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E! Online | November 02, 2009
Colbert Nation Enters the Olympics
...flow but was forced to declare bankruptcy last month. "I shaved my entire body so I was more aerodynamic for my report on speed skating," Colbert wrote on Twitter this evening. The team's uniforms will be emblazoned with "Colbert...
In this article: The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert, Cash flow, International Space Station, Bankruptcy, and Vancouver
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Cnet | November 17, 2009
Chase commits $5 million to Facebook charity campaign
...campaign in the matter of a week, or the tens of thousands who opted to follow actor Neil Patrick Harris in his first 24 hours on Twitter, but for something that's a legitimate charity effort rather than a goofy viral meme, it's...
In this article: Facebook, Iphone, Manhattanite, CNET, Brewing, Chrome OS, Coal, and IT Security
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 14, 2009
Hoaxer who hoovers the life from celebs
...Stephen Colbert show to shoot down the rumours. Scrubs star Zach Braff, who allegedly committed suicide this week, went on Facebook and Twitter to dispel the rumours of his own demise. All of this brings a wry smile to Hoover's face. His...
In this article: Jeff Goldblum, Facebook, Ellen DeGeneres, Michael Jackson, Suicide, Michael Vick, and Britney Spears
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Comedy Central Videos | September 17, 2009
Recap - Week of 9/18/09
...plugin. You also need JavaScript enabled in your browser. Stephen Colbert generates electricity with wind power, starts a Twitter service and makes an iPod playlist for a snail. (04:50) Stephen Colbert returns from Iraq, investigates the...
In this article: Stephen Colbert, Romulan, JavaScript, Adobe Flash Player, IPod, Richard Branson, Arlen Specter, Sean Hannity, and Iraq
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Miami Herald | August 09, 2009
World's atwitter with Twitter, but print's power is unique
...to make money with it - yet. When Twitter co-founder Biz Stone appeared on Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" in April, Stephen Colbert quipped, "I assume that 'Biz' in Biz Stone does not stand for 'business model.' " By JANE WOOLDRIDGE
In this article: Facebook, Biz Stone, E mail, Recession, Mark McKinnon, Hair restoration, and Washington & Lee University
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CNN | October 26, 2009
5 Twitter stars you've never heard of
...Girl? These people can stroll unmolested through a paparazzi convention, and yet each has more than 1.2 million Twitter followers -- enough to rank them in the top 200 overall and more than Stephen Colbert, Snoop Dogg or Paris Hilton. To...
In this article: Heather Armstrong, Veronica Belmont, John Dickerson, Los Angeles, E mail, Slate, and BlackBerry
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Valleywag | November 05, 2008
Stephen Colbert blogs about his Twitters [Clips]
Stephen Colbert blogs about his Twitters [Clips] Whenever I read a Twitter, part of me wonders if the person who sent it has any actual work to do. Jon Stewart, cohosting Comedy Central's election-night coverage, wondered the same thing about...
In this article: Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Comedy Central
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Gawker | April 01, 2009
Glenn Beck's Insanity Matched By Stephen Colbert [Never Forget]
...anymore? The old viewers Fox already has. Colbert, though, will get Beck all over Twitter, dominated by the young whippersnappers the shouting head needs to truly "surround" his enemies. Not that the microblogging service's wired...
In this article: Stephen Colbert, Glenn Beck, Populism, Comedy Central, Colbert Report, and Saturday Night Live
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Boom Town – Kara Swisher blog - ATD | April 03, 2009
Twitter's No-Biz-Model Stone on The Colbert Report
...cable television show. Stone--the spokesmodel for the hot microblogging service--does very well and is even charming, even though Colbert nails the problems of the San Francisco-based Twitter cold in the lively interview. "How would you make...
In this article: Biz Stone, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Comedy Central, and San Francisco
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Description from Wikipedia:
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140Â characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications. While the service itself costs nothing to use, accessing it through SMS may incur phone service provider fees.
The 140-character limit on message length was initially set for compatibility with SMS messaging, and has brought to the web the kind of shorthand notation and slang commonly used in SMS messages. The 140 character limit has also spurred the usage of URL shortening services such as tinyurl, bit.ly and tr.im, and content hosting services, such as Twitpic and NotePub to accommodate multimedia content and text longer than 140 characters.
Since its creation in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Twitter has gained notability and popularity worldwide. It is sometimes described as the "SMS of the Internet" since the use of Twitter's application programming interface for sending and receiving short text messages by other applications often eclipses the direct use of Twitter.
- Name:
- Twitter, Inc
- Type:
- Private
- Location City:
- San Francisco, California
- Location Country:
- USA
- Founded:
- 2006
- Industry:
- mobile social network service, micro-blogging
- Key People:
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- Evan Williams, CEO
- Jack Dorsey, Chairman
- Biz Stone, Creative Director
- Revenue:
- $400,000 Q3 (2009) (projected)
- No. of Employees:
- 74
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