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9:13PM | January 26, 2010 | comments: 0
How the Media World is Changing - 1 Tweet at a Time
I just read a fascinating article about a Dutch guy getting hired at MSNBC to update their Twitter account. Yes, he got a job to sit down at his laptop and tweet all day!
This clearly proves that the traditional media industry is shifting the way it's generating and pushing news - but also shows that it's changing the type of people its hiring. Traditional Broadcast Media used to only hire mature professionals with a lot of experience.
Michael van Poppel is a 20 year old guy from the Netherlands with hardly any background in traditional media. So what made him get the job? Well, he owns the popular @BreakingNews feed on Twitter, and made his big break snagging a famous video tape from Osama Bin Laden. Next up: A gig at MSNBC.
You go Michael!
Click here for the original mediaite.com article
This clearly proves that the traditional media industry is shifting the way it's generating and pushing news - but also shows that it's changing the type of people its hiring. Traditional Broadcast Media used to only hire mature professionals with a lot of experience.
Michael van Poppel is a 20 year old guy from the Netherlands with hardly any background in traditional media. So what made him get the job? Well, he owns the popular @BreakingNews feed on Twitter, and made his big break snagging a famous video tape from Osama Bin Laden. Next up: A gig at MSNBC.
You go Michael!
Click here for the original mediaite.com article
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