Thursday, May 2, 2013

How @breakingnews keeps news junkies current in a crisis

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Lots of people follow @breakingnews on Twitter — the account and the breakingnews.com website and mobile apps have become indispensable resources for news junkies who need to stay up-to-the-minute on the biggest news of the moment.


But few people know that Breaking News is actually owned by NBC, and operated as what general manager Cory Bergman calls an "internal startup." I spoke to Cory about how that works, how his team runs @breakingnews, and how the site managed to be both fast and accurate as the chaos of the Boston Marathon bombing story unfolded.


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/2/4289764/how-breakingnews-keeps-news-junkies-up-to-date

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