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Twitter IPO Possible, But Co-Founder Not Interested In Selling

nytimes.com | REUTERS | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

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Stone told reporters he did not want to sell the company but would explore alternatives to an initial public offering. "The point is, we want to bu...

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Twitter: Commercial Accounts, Ads Are Coming Soon

Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology

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Twitter will be adding commercial accounts and advertising to its site, the micro-blogging site's COO and co-founder confirmed. Stone outlined the si...

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Biz Stone To Murdoch: Paying For Internet Content Won't Work

The Guardian | Richard Wray | Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology

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The co-founder of Twitter today warned Rupert Murdoch that his plans to charge for online content, and block Google from using stories produced by his...

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How We Unplug

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

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Sometimes, we just need to unplug. No firing off text messages. No updating Facebook profiles. No browsing Craigslist or Yelp or whatever-hot-new-site is trending on Twitter.

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Twitter Price: $1 Billion For Tweets? Get Real

Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology

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$1 billion for a 140-character product? Apparently so: Michael Arrington broke the news that Twitter is raising another $50 million round of financing...

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Tweet Release: Timeline of @LiberateLaura

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

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As exuberance following the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee from North Korea rules the trending topics on Twitter, I asked Richard Horgan for a statement on his e-activism through @LiberateLaura.

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At the Webby Awards: Can the Internet Revolution end? (No.)

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media

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The web industry celebrated its stars at the 13th Annual Webby Awards -- the Oscars of the Internet -- and victors were limited to five-word-long acceptance speeches.

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The Webby Award Speech: the original Twitter

Ariston Anderson | Posted 07.10.2009 | Media

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Last night Seth Myers hosted the 13th Annual Webby Awards at the Wall Street Cipriani, a location that symbolized one more example of how new media is...

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The Webbys: What I Saw, What I Said

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.10.2009 | Media

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Lots of memorable moments at this year's Webby Awards. It was great having some of our HuffPost Politics team make the trip up from DC to celebrate our wins as Best Politics Site and Best Political Blog. I particularly enjoyed the way the organizers of the event paired people from the new media with people from the traditional media -- concluding with Martha Stewart presenting the Breakout of the Year award to Twitter cofounder Biz Stone (his five word acceptance speech: "Creativity is a renewable resource"). As for my five-word speech, I ended up going with: "I didn't kill newspapers...okay?" READ MORE I'll be guest hosting CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning 7-9 am EDT, and will be interviewing Nassim Taleb, Jim Grant, and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis). I'd love to have your help deciding what to ask them. Please post your suggested questions in the comments section.

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Twitter Founders: Revenue Plans In The Works

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 06.27.2009 | Media

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By AP's Elliot Spagat: CARLSBAD, Calif. — Twitter Inc.'s co-founders say the rapidly growing online communications company will eventually cha...

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Twitter Tells White House: No More Transparency

Ari Herzog | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

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Twitter is now contrary to everything the White House is trying to accomplish, let alone any other government agency, business, or individual using Twitter to engage. That's a shame.

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A Night Out With Biz Stone And Evan Williams

nytimes.com | JAMIE DIAMOND | Posted 06.09.2009 | Media

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Twitter is the public's latest fascination. Mr. Stone and Mr. Williams made Time magazine's new list of the 100 most influential people in the world. ...

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Twitter Co-Founder Lobbies For Vegetarian School Lunches (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has taken up a cause that requires a few more than 140 characters to explain. The microblogging exec is lobbying Congress...

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Stephen Colbert Talks Twitter With Founder Biz Stone (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.04.2009 | Media

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Biz Stone called Twitter "the messaging service we didn't know we needed until we had it." Which, yes, sounds vaguely terrifying!

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Twitter: We Gave You the Heads Up in May 2007!

Jack Myers | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media

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If you're not interested in twittering about your commute or heading out for pizza, you're missing the point. Failing to Twitter is like refusing to believe that TV had a future. Twitter is a new communications medium.

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