AdAge: Twitter ‘Quitters’ Make Service’s Reach Limited

AdAge this week takes a look at Twitter‘s big, buzz-worthy numbers and spike and traffic, due in part to Oprah’s and Ashton’s inane Twitter campaigns. The trade publication suggests that Twitter’s reach will remain limited, because so many of these new Twitter signees have logged on because of the hype and then … well, nothing. [...]

Another Arkansas Twitter Update

Just when we thought this thing had peaked, new Twitter users keep piling in. Admittedly, some in the list below have been around for few days, but we’ve not had a chance to call them out yet. Consider yourselves called. This week: A preponderance of THV-ers. I guess our quick seminar worked! U.S. Rep. Mike [...]

Behold the Towering Glory That Is Sarah Palin on Twitter

@AKGovSarahPalin Previously All About Sarah Palin

More Media Woes: Cuts At Clear Channel, Wehco’s Tennessee Newspaper

More media bleeding at two companies with Arkansas connections: Wehco Media’s Chattanooga Times Free Press cuts nine newsroom positions due to the economic slump. Wehco also owns the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, which is no stranger to cutbacks. Clear Channel Communications cuts nine radio jobs in Little Rock, part of 590 cuts nationwide. In all, the San [...]

Media Notes: Pigs (Three Different Ones) & The End of Portfolio

An early update of media news from around the Internets: Pigs on the Wing – Howard Kurtz on the fierce outbreak of swine flu coverage. The media, overreact? Maybe. If we’re all dead by next week? Maybe not! Which of the Buggers to Blame – Is Matt Drudge a hero? How Drudge drove (prefigured?) the [...]

THVideo: Alyson Courtney and I Talk Twitter

Whew! Two and a half minutes does go by fast. Especially on TV. It’s almost like trying to keep your tweets at a 140 characters! That’s right, I said “140.” Although sharp-eared Twitterati will hear me in the video to the left saying “240″ for some reason. “240″?! How do I mess that up? That’s [...]

Talking Twitter Tuesday on ‘Today’s THV This Morning’

Tired of Twitter yet? Possibly! But the little microblogging service that could is still generating plenty of buzz — some of it not from bored news editors but people legitimately curious about the service and how it might help their business. At about 6:20 6:40 a.m.-ish on Tuesday, I’ll give a quick primer on Twitter [...]

Hospital Losses, Cuts at St. Vincent & More in Arkansas Business

A quick glance at selected stories from this week’s Arkansas Business: A $70 million loss at Baptist Health means bond trouble for the health system, the latest in a string of bad news. Still, expansion! Meanwhile, at St. Vincent, the hospital’s CEO moves forward on a plan to cut 200 positions by June. Onward and [...]

Friday Week in Review: Another Week Down the Drain

A weekly wrap-up of stuff that happened this week, presented weekly. On a regular basis. Rep. Steve Harrelson liveblogged the NCSL conference, taking place in D.C. Capsearch was there, too, Twittering. Tyson Foods’ Ed Nicholson worked on his presentation for the BlogWell conference in New York. Before his presentation next week, he talked social media [...]

Media Notes: Job Cuts at the Morning News, A Voice Silenced & More

Media news from around Arkansas and the nation: Mourning News – Twitterer Chris Spencer is among nine newsroom staffers at Stephens Media Group’s Morning News to be laid off this week. The newspaper is also implementing a limited furlough program for employees, combining several sections of the newspaper during the week and cutting costs in [...]