CNN has acquired "the services" of the creator of one of the most popular accounts on Twitter, which is "cnnbrk," an account that posts CNN breaking news. Currently, the account has just under a million followers.
Jason Kincaid at TechCrunch
CNN has confirmed that it has taken control of the CNNbrk account, though the company isn’t viewing it as an "acquisition". Rather, CNN has signed James Cox to a consultant contract agreement, which included the transfer of the account as part of its conditions. Any financial compensation due to Cox is being offered for his services, which happen to include his Twitter account along with teaching social media workshops, among other things (though I suspect he’s getting paid substantially more than the market rate for his consulting).
You see, you can't sell Twitter accounts according to
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Despite Twitter's obvious rules against squatters, something tells me that Twitter squatting is going to become more of a problem after this, even if this wasn't such a case.
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