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Dataminr, Twitter Inc (TWTR) Release News Tool For Journalists

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Mark Melin
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Journalists are known to use Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) to both report the news and attract eyeballs for their news stories.  Now a new tool being developed by Twitter and cable news channel CNN is being designed to help journalists identify breaking news on Twitter as it is emerging.

Dataminr, Twitter Inc (TWTR) Release News Tool For Journalists

In a statement Wednesday, Twitter is developing the “alert system” for journalists and will roll out the fee service later in the year.  “When news breaks, it can be minutes or even hours before newsrooms begin to report,” the statement said. “Now, with the...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.