April 17, 2009

Ashton Kutcher vs CNN Twitter Battle @aplusk vs @cnnbrk

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Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk on twitter) challenged CNN (@cnnbrk on twitter) to a contest over who is going to reach 1 mln followers on Twitter first.

Yes, it came down to this - a man is competing the whole network.

In a close battle, Ashton reached 1 mln followers before CNN becoming the most popular person on Twitter. He was streaming live on the internet while CNN was reporting live.

"We changed the way we broadcast and edit. We can all do it, do it together" - Ashton Kutcher.

Congrats Ashton Kutcher!

PS I don’t follow @cnnbrk. I don’t follow networks, I follow people. That’s, in my opinion, the idea behind Twitter.

Comments

Chris Desouza

CNN didn't own @cnnbrk until the last week of the media million hype. It was never about Ashton and CNN. But, any publicity is a good one.