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Monday, March 23, 2009

Looky Here! Actual Revenue for Twitter, Courtesy of Microsoft.

exec-tweetsFinally. Here comes Twitter’s first real foray into advertising, courtesy of Microsoft’s marketing budget. And don’t worry, Twitter users: You won’t be getting come-ons for Vista in your Twitterstream. Not yet, at least. The program that Twitter has rolled out today–something called ExecTweets–is a fairly cautious step into marketing, and that is certainly by design. But it does give a you a good sense of what Twitter thinks it can do with its buzzy, fast-growing and almost revenue-free product.

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Friday, January 16, 2009

Another Twitter App Funded: TweetDeck Raises an Angel Round. Next Up: A Business Plan

Yes, you can still get someone to invest in a Web start-up with zero revenue. It helps if you can insert the word “Twitter” into your pitch, though. Meet TweetDeck, a one-man outfit that makes free software that organizes your Twitter stream.

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Peter Kafka has been covering media and technology since 1997, when he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. Most recently, he has been the managing editor of the tech and media Web site, Silicon Alley Insider. Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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