Plymouth Herald starts Twittering

Posted by Martin Stabe on 15 April 2008 at 15:18
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The Plymouth Herald is the latest newspaper to use Twitter to keep its readers informed about the latest news.

Unlike many other news sites (including Press Gazette) that use Twitterfeed to push its RSS feeds into Twitter, the is publishing custom messages to its readers.

The Herald also has profile pages to reach readers who use social networking sites.

Online editor Neil Shaw says the paper has amassed more than 800 friends on Facebook, with 400 in a Facebook group, 475 on MySpace and 200 on Bebo.

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