25 Media People You Should Follow on Twitter

Pete Cashmore, founder-CEO of Mashable, the social-media blogFollow: @mashable Tweet: "Reading: 'The Problem with Social Media in the Office' -http://bit.ly/DkZE5" Nieman Lab, The Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard -- "Trying to figure out the future of news."Follow: @NiemanLab Tweet: "'First rule of Newspaper Pay Wall Club...' Some great reaction tweets to our news about the NAA meeting http://ff.im/3lNDY" John Battelle, founder and chairman-CEO of Federated MediaFollow: @johnbattelle Tweet: "Carol bartz on yahoo search -- if the right thing comes along sure we'll sell (to msft)" Jeff Lanctot, chief strategy officer at RazorfishFollow: @lanctot Tweet: "Time Warner makes it official, spinning out AOL. It's likely their best chance for a turnaround." Jennifer Preston, just named the first social-media editor at The New York TimesFollow: @NYT_JenPreston Tweet: "Hi, I'm the NYT's new social media editor. More details later. How should @nytimes be using Twitter?" David Carr, New York Times media columnistFollow: @carr2n Tweet: "AOL leaves TW so TW can focus on content. And AOL's play going forward? Umm, content. http://bit.ly/dU82e" Big Spaceship, digital creative agencyFollow: @bigspaceship Tweet: "iPhone app for walking and emailing at the same time -http://bit.ly/gbDYO" Mark Cuban, owner of HDNet (and the Dallas Mavericks)Follow: @mcuban Tweet: "To answer the questions, Im not looking to buy any new sports teams, and if the Cubs come back up, I would not re-bid." Paula Drum, former chief marketing officer at H&R BlockFollow: @pauladrumTweet: "G1 updated. really like some of the features" Richard Ting, VP-executive creative director, mobile and emerging platforms, at R/GAFollow: @flytipTweet: "P&G does great aggressive mobile. Other CPG co's need to take notice. P&G's Gillette seeks close shave with mobile. http://bit.ly/aopYY" Mrinal Desai, co-founder and VP-sales and business development at CrossLoopFollow: @mrinaldesaiTweet: "Roger mcnamee - apple is practically a monopolist #d7" David Berkowitz, emerging-media director at 360iFollow: @dberkowitz Tweet: "My Google Wave Limerick will ensure Google never lets me try it (apologies to Irish or poet followers) http://bit.ly/urdRd" Amy Worley, VP-marketing at Andrews McMeel PublishingFollow: @worleygirl Tweet: "I check out every new follower & decide if I want to follow back. It's time consuming, but helps me keep context & purpose here." Charles Arthur, technology editor at The GuardianFollow: @charlesarthur Tweet: "Fascinating how American analyses of what's happening to journalism and papers completely ignore countries that aren't the US." Brad Adgate, research director at Horizon MediaFollow: @badgateTweet: "Carson finale on 5/22/92 27.9 HH rtg./63 share/41.4 MM viewers. No offense to Leno but he won't come close!" Brian Lam, editorial director at GizmodoFollow: @blam Tweet: "glad to be home from D. highlight: zune hd surprise sighting. lowpoint: being growled at by mossberg. Again." Jacob Harris, senior software architect at The New York TimesFollow: @harrisjTweet: "Sometimes the URL explains the content: http://www.canyoucopyrightatweet.com/" Nick Bilton, New York Times design-integration editor Follow: @nickbiltonTweet: "I just signed up for Notify NYC too. Curious to see how they handle this. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/yeKKB" Jack Shafer, Slate media columnistFollow: @jackshafer Tweet: "Fareed Zakaria just friended Jeffrey Goldberg!!!!!!! http://bit.ly/bCCcA" Dave Knox, brand manager in digital business strategy at Procter & GambleFollow: @daveknox Tweet: "Do you know why Shopper Marketing matters to your brand? Re-post: http://twurl.nl/ovd1pn" Chris Anderson, Wired magazine editorFollow: @chr1saTweet: "Terrifying thing I just heard: at any party, ask how many people there believe in ghosts. More than half will say they do. Can this be true?" Rishad Tobaccowala, CEO of DenuoFollow: @rishadtTweet: "Listening to an inspiring address by Larry Page (http://tinyurl.com/d5gtz6)" Soraya Darabi, manager of partnership, multimedia and buzz marketing for The New York Times and NYTimes.comFollow: @sorayadTweet: "Ann Derry, exec. director of video for @nytimes is doing a Q&A online. Ask her anything" Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia Journalism School professor and "technology evangelist/skeptic"Follow: @sreenetTweet: "was offline for 5 days (most in 15 years). some of you spotted my tweets, which I post-dated to appear automagically via @hootsuite." Fred Wilson, managing partner of two venture-capital firms, Flatiron Partners and Union Square VenturesFollow: @fredwilson Tweet: "OH: 'I used to follow him, but he twitters too much.' oh, and this is my 5,000th twitter. is that too much?"

25 Media People You Should Follow on Twitter

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