Ashton Kutcher trumps CNN to become 'First Twitter Millionaire'.Byline: ANI London, Apr 17 (ANI): Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher has become the first user to have more than one million followers on Twitter A Web site and service that lets users send short text messages from their cellphones to a group of friends. Launched in 2006, Twitter (www.twitter.com) was designed for people to broadcast their current activities and thoughts. . The hunky star pipped CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. to claim the landmark victory on the microblogging site. CNN conceded defeat on Friday after a competition which Kutcher said highlighted how social networking websites This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. were transforming the media. Early on Friday morning UK time, Kutcher's aplusk feed went over the million mark, reports The Telegraph. CNN's Breaking News feed also passed the milestone about half an hour later. Kutcher posted a short message - or "Tweet" - to his million-plus followers declaring: "You guys are amazing." Among updates on world affairs on its page, CNN posted a message which read: "Congrats con·grats Informal interj. Congratulations. pl.n. Congratulations: sent him my congrats. @aplusk. Ashton Kutcher is the first twitter account to reach 1MM followers." Ashton overtook Britney Spears, who was short of the milestone with 958,706 followers on Friday morning UK time, to win. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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