Since nearly Twitter’s inception, CNNbrk has diligently republished CNN’s breaking news alerts, one by one. Soon it became Twitter’s most popular account, with over 900,000 followers. But CNNbrk was not owned by CNN, but by James Cox, who recently sold the account to CNN for an undisclosed sum, reports Silicon Alley Insider. Just in time for the CNN vs. Ashton Kutcher Twitter battle.
Meanwhile: Twitter… won’t… stop… growing. And as you might expect, Twitter users are more likely to be news junkies.
Update: Here’s an interview from a couple months ago with CNNbrk’s James Cox. “It was simply the case of a sort of a five-line, quick Ruby script to push it straight to Twitter,” he said.
