Comments on: New York Times editor to take 75,000 Twitter followers out the door with him http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/24/new-york-times-editor-to-take-75000-twitter-followers-out-the-door-with-him/ The economics of digital content Sat, 25 May 2013 21:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: babybelle http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/24/new-york-times-editor-to-take-75000-twitter-followers-out-the-door-with-him/#comment-198205 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:06:12 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223711#comment-198205 I think you mean NYT.

]]> By: bob http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/24/new-york-times-editor-to-take-75000-twitter-followers-out-the-door-with-him/#comment-198182 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:40:52 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223711#comment-198182 What a waste. I know several other editors who spend more time tweeting than editing. Who cares about the twitter followers. They should just wave goodbye and good luck.

]]> By: Torsten http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/24/new-york-times-editor-to-take-75000-twitter-followers-out-the-door-with-him/#comment-198173 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:26:02 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223711#comment-198173 Typo: “sued a formal journalist” -> former

]]> By: Jeff John Roberts http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/24/new-york-times-editor-to-take-75000-twitter-followers-out-the-door-with-him/#comment-198170 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:59:30 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223711#comment-198170 Thanks for your comment, nitpicker but if you read paidContent regularly, you’ll know we don’t play the link bait game. As to the substance of your point, yes, Roberts’ taking his Twitter followers to a new handle will not determine the fate of the New York Times. That said, I think you’re giving short shrift to the larger issue of how social media platforms like Twitter increase the influence and mobility of individual journalists — but how these journalists nonetheless rely on conventional news brands to build their reputation. Roberts’ following grew to what it did in no small part because of the “NTY” halo around his name. He has also driven countless pageviews for the New York Times through his Twitter feed — and will do the same for whatever publication he lands at next.

]]> By: nitpicker http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/24/new-york-times-editor-to-take-75000-twitter-followers-out-the-door-with-him/#comment-198158 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:26:24 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223711#comment-198158 Sorry this makes no logical sense. The New York Times is not losing 75,000 followers. No doubt Roberts will rename his account and go on. I have followed him for ages and I don’t consider that I am following the New York Times, I am following him individually.

The New York Times will do perfectly fine. Articles like this are just linkbait to drive traffic and it’s one reason I don’t follow paidcontent on Twitter!

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