Twitter Vs. Mainstream Media: Science Proves Which Breaks News Faster The revolution will not be televised, but it might be tweeted. A new study shows that Twitter has a lead time on newswires for certain stories--including sports, disasters, and sometimes riots. The Boston bombings gave us a glimpse into the contentious world of Twitter news-breaking. Vigilante investigators took to Twitter and Reddit to find the bombers, and soon the names “Sunil Tripathi” and ...
July 9, 2013 - Fast Company Magazine
It’s Not Just Thomson Reuters – Elite Investors Get Tons of Unfair Advantages: Blodget Two seconds: that’s the lead time a select group of investors had to receive a copy of the University of Michigan consumer confidence report before other institutional investors. While two seconds may not sound like much, it was often worth millions of dollars to high-frequency traders who account for about half of all daily U.S. [...]
July 8, 2013 - Yahoo! Finance: The Daily Ticker