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Newspapers that Twitter: June numbers

Twitter’s instability seems to be taking its toll: The number of followers for newspaper account didn’t grow as much this month as they have in the past and some even saw decreases:
• @telegraphsox: -10.71 percent
• @pdvoxpop: -4.46 percent
• @latimesent: -4.13 percent
• @the500: -3.03 percent
• @dispatchalerts: -2.70 percent
• @latimessports: -2.34 percent
• @themeparks: -1.10 percent
• @latimesfires: -1.04 percent
• @latimesworld: -0.87 percent

Of the top five accounts with the greatest increase of followers, the top three belong to the Miami Herald and were started on May 30:
• @mh_cuba: 2,300 percent
• @mh_dolphins: 1,300 percent
• @mh_hurricanes: 1,200 percent
• @mercnews: 330.43 percent
• @travellog: 300 percent

New accounts this month:
• Des Moines Register: @dmr_morain, @juice_joe
• Deseret News: @deseretnews, @desnewssports, @mormontimes
• The Hawk Eye: @thehawkeye
• Knoxville News Sentinel: @michaelsilence
• New York Times: @cityroom
• Northern Virginia Daily: @nvdaily
• Northwest Florida Daily News: @nwfdailynews
• Patriot-News: @pn_sports
• Press Herald: @pressherald
• Rocky Mountain News: @denverdnc
• San Jose Mercury News: @gmsv, @mercbiznews, @mercmostviewed, @mercolympics, @sanjosenews, @svcrime
• St. Petersburg Times: @bizarreflorida
• Tampa Tribune: @tbolive
• Washington Post: @postworldnews

There are several “new to me” accounts — they’re marked according to when I discovered them, and include my new favorite: @statesman. Web editor Robert Quigley actively updates the account throughout the day — no Twitterfeed here, and much more personality than the standard newspaper account.

Accounts that have never updated are marked by an asterisk. BostonNOW stopped publishing in April, but has gained 10 users. The Denver Posts’s Al Lewis announced 10 days ago he was leaving the paper to write a column for Dow Jones Newswires.

I’m tracking 275 accounts (102 more than last month); on average, each account has 146.71 followers.

Newspaper
Username
June 2
July 1
% change

Akron Bugle

@bugleeditor 11 on June 14 14

Albuquerque Journal

@abqjournal 62 69

11.29

Ann Arbor News

@annarbornews 140 188

34.29

@mlive

440 487

10.68

@detroitlions

60 on June 15 59

@detroit_pistons

84 on June 15 93

@detroit_tigers

265 282

6.42

@greenmichigan

119 on June 15 134

@michigansports

34 on June 15 37

Anniston Star

@annistonstar Started May 27 36

Asheville Citizen Times

@asheville 164 197

20.12

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

@ajc 147 177

20.41

@ajcalerts

39 63

61.54

Austin American-Statesman

@statesman 297

Beaumont Enterprise

@bmtenterprise 29 on June 14 35

Birmingham News

@birmingham_news 163 200

22.7

Boston Globe

@bostonupdate 116 on June 15 141

@bostonsearch

31 on June 15 32

@celticsupdates

6 on June 15 6

@globesox

117 on June 15 125

@trafficboston

22 on June 15 34

Boston NOW

@bostonNOWpaper 163 173

6.13

Charleston Gazette

@wvgazette 26 31

@gazette_opinion

4 4

@gazette_sports

22 28

@thegazz

20 23

@wva

16 20

The Charlotte Observer

@theobserver 229 248

8.3

@jeffelder

79 84

6.33

@thatsracin

37 53

43.24

@thatswassup

68 72

5.88

Chaska Herald

@chaskaherald 45 on June 14 45

Chicago Sun-Times

@suntimes 125 157

25.6

@cst_cubs

93 149

60.22

@cst_ent

0 0

@cst_fashion

2 2

@cst_people

3

@cst_roeper

112 152

35.71

@cst_sox

157 199

26.75

@cst_thomas

14 19

35.71

@cst_thefixer

Started May 30 42

@thewire_cst

Started May 27
@jaymariotti *

17

@lynnsweet

21

Chicago Tribune

@chicagotribune 283 327

15.55

@coloneltribune

431 522

21.11

Clarion-Ledger

@clarionledger 133 161

21.05

Colorado Springs Gazette

@csgazette 120 174

45

Columbia Daily Tribune

@columbiatribune 44 on June 14 62

The Columbus Dispatch

@dispatchalerts 148 144

-2.7

Contra Costa Times

@cctimes 40 46

15

Daily Camera

@dailycamera 111 on June 14 135

@buffzone

22 on June 14 28

Daily Press

@daily_press 47 76

61.7

The Daily Reflector

@reflectorgnc 16 on June 14 18

Denver Post

@denverpost 137 156

13.87

@denverbroncos

33 48

45.45

@denverpostpicks

10 13

30

@denverposttalk

13 on June 13 27

@politicswest

76 on June 13 75

@rocktober

35 49

40

@talkbacktoal

22 on June 13 34

Des Moines Register

@dmregister 220 312

41.82

@dmjuice

Started May 20 206

@dmr_morain

Started June 19 34

@dmrsports

41 50

21.95

@juice_brianne

123

@juice_joe

Started June 16 11

@juice_sophia

75

Deseret News

@deseretnews Started June 8 59

@desnewssports

Started June 8 15

@mormontimes

Started June 8 21

Detroit Free-Press

@freep 50 79

58

East Oahu Sun

@eastoahusun 1 on June 14 1

Eden Prairie News

@edenprairienews 60 on June 14 70

The Everett Herald

@everettherald 89 112

25.84

Flint Journal

@flintjournal 42 112

166.67

Fort Wayne Daily News

@fwdailynews 23 24

4.35

The Fresno Bee

@fresnobee 91 105

15.38

@fresnobeehive

103 115

11.65

Globe Gazette

@globegazette 46 58

26.09

Grand Island Independent

@theindependent 53 69

30.19

Grand Rapids Press

@grpress 130 182

40

The Hawk Eye

@thehawkeye Started June 12 12

Honolulu Advertiser

@honadv 250 on June 14 269

Honolulu Star Bulletin

@starbulletin 119 126

5.88

Houston Chronicle

@houstonchron * 83 on June 14 149

@tubulartv

180 on June 15 186

Indianapolis Star

@the500 99 96

-3.03

Journal & Courier

@jconline 42 on June 7 45

Kalamazoo Gazette

@kzoo_gazette 70 99

41.43

Kansas City Star

@kansascitystar 20 35

75

Knoxville News Sentinel

@knoxnews 262 318

21.37

@bonnaroo

148 279

88.51

@govolsxtra

44 84

90.91

@michaelsilence

Started June 4 53

Lancaster News

@lancasternews 47 54

14.89

Lawrence Journal World

@ljworld 119 141

18.49

Ledger-Enquirer

@ledgerenquirer Started May 27 34

Los Angeles Daily News

@ladailynews 114 128

12.28

Los Angeles Times

@latimesbreaking 319 344

7.84

@latimesbiz

180 189

5

@latimesent

121 116

-4.13

@latimesfires

193 191

-1.04

@latimeslocal

176 192

9.09

@latimesmost

86 90

4.65

@latimesnational

83 98

18.07

@latimessports

128 125

-2.34

@latimestot

194 212

9.28

@latimestravel

328 387

17.99

@latimesworld

115 114

-0.87

Macon Telegraph

@macon_telegraph 19 on June 15 27

Marin Independent Journal

@marinij 121 on June 14 139

@marinij_ent

42 on June 14
@marinij_sports

Started May 30 37

Marshall News Messenger

@marshallnews 12 15

25

Miami Herald

@miamiherald 61 113

85.25

@mh_cuba

1 24

2,300

@mh_dolphins

1 14

1,300

@mh_hurricanes

1 13

1,200

The Modesto Bee

@modbee 143 151

5.59

Naples Daily News

@ndn 33 on June 15 39

Nashua Telegraph

@nashuatelegraph 197 223

13.2

@telegraphpats

12 12

0

@telegraphsox

28 25

-10.71

New York Times

@nytimes 4,147 4,556

9.86

@cityroom

Started June 24 34

@dotearth

25 45

80

@nyt_arts

714 797

11.62

@nyt_biz

703 768

9.25

@nyt_books

522 599

14.75

@nyt_food

497 602

21.13

@nyt_health

355 416

17.18

@nyt_metro

276 304

10.14

@nyt_movies

595 673

13.11

@nyt_national

622 717

15.27

@nyt_politics

540 567

5.00

@nyt_science

754 820

8.75

@nyt_style

403 479

18.86

@nyt_travel

406 452

11.33

@nyt_weather

174 185

6.32

@nyt_world

593 651

9.78

@thecaucus

170 226

32.94

@thelede

19 31

63.16

The News & Observer

@newsobserver 209 245

17.22

@underthedome

18 25

38.89

News & Record

@news_recordfeed 86 on June 15 89

@nandrpolitics

49 on June 15 56

Newsday

@newsday_com 44 on June 15 50

The News Journal

@delawareonline 71 on June 11 76

The News Tribune

@thenewstribune 68 86

26.47

The News-Press

@thenewspress 27 49

81.48

Northern Virginia Daily

@nvdaily Started June 13 7

Northwest Florida Daily News

@nwfdailynews Started June 12 18

The Oklahoman

@newsok 97 116

19.59

@newsok_bn

93 109

17.2

@oklahomansports

Started May 27 9

@wimgo *

17 19

11.76

Orange County Register

@ocbiz 61 on June 15 72

@tustinnews

7 on June 15 10

The Oregonian

@oregonian 562 588

4.63

@oregonian2008

126 140

11.11

@oregonianbiz

131 165

25.95

@oregonianent

53 64

20.75

@oregoniansports

115 119

3.48

@oregoniantraff

92 100

8.7

@playbookprofit

83 90

8.43

Orlando Sentinel

@orlandosentinel 613 641

4.57

@animalcrazy

36 55

52.78

@girlonthewire

37 45

21.62

@momsatwork

154 264

71.43

@osbreakingnews

95 134

41.05

@osphoto

51 on June 15 64

@ostraffic

5 7

40

@themeparks

272 269

-1.1

@whattheblog

15 23

53.33

Patriot-News

@patriotnews 62 96

54.84

@pennlive

31 38

22.58

@pn_sports

Started June 11 27

Patriot Ledger

@patriotledger 41 on June 14 66

Philadelphia Daily News

@phillydaily 48 on June 15 64

Philadelphia Inquirer

@phillyinquirer 277 365

31.77

Pinellas News

@pinellas_news Started May 27 12

Pocono Record

@poconorecord 19 20

5.26

Post-Standard

@poststandard 93 117

25.81

@bcubbison

80 86

7.5

@psbasketball

9 22

144.44

@psfootball

9 14

55.56

@psvideo

7 11

57.14

Press Herald

@pressherald

Started June 12

15

Providence Journal

@projo 63 94

49.21

Record-Eagle

@tcrecordeagle * 16 on June 15 16

Red Eye

@redeyechicago 209 235

12.44

Rocky Mountain News

@therocky Started May 29 57

@denverdnc

Started June 6 62

@rockysports

Started May 29 35

Sacramento Bee

@sacbee 7

@sacbee_news

49 76

55.1

@sacbee_video

22 on June 14 26

The Saginaw News

@saginawnews 64 85

32.81

San Antonio Express-News

@mysa_breaking 5 on June 15 7

The San Diego Union-Tribune

@sdut 37 on June 15 45

@utpadres

32 on June 15 34

San Francisco Chronicle

@sfchron_alert 171 206

20.47

San Jose Mercury News

@mercnews 23 99

330.43

@gmsv

Started June 4 7

@majorityofnone

Started May 30 4

@mercbiznews

Started June 4 22

@mercmostviewed

Started June 4 29

@mercolympics

Started June 4 10

@mercrethink

122 131

7.38

@sanjosenews

Started June 11 16

@sjcobrien

278 on June 15 319

@svcrime

Started June 11 10

San Luis Obispo Tribune

@slotribune 80 on June 14 85

Santa Barbara Independent

@sbinde 21 on June 15 23

Santa Cruz Sentinel

@scsentinel 43 48

11.63

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

@seattlepi 152 192

26.32

@bigblog

37 44

Sioux City Journal

@scj 7 8

14.29

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

@sunsentinel 21 26

23.81

Spokesman Review @spokesmanreview 28 30

7.14

St. Louis Beacon @stlbeacon 96 on June 15 108
St. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday 212 235 10.85

@hwy40

156 167 7.05

@pdvoxpop 112 107 -4.46

St. Petersburg Times @bizarreflorida Started June 12 2
@politifact 34 47 38.24

Stamford Times @stamford_times 26 on June 14 38
The Star-Ledger @nj_news 185 233 25.95

@nj_business 48 61 27.08

@nj_fun *

2 5 150

@nj_giants 100 117 17

@njdotcom 107 124 15.89

Star Tribune @startribune 75 96 28

The State @thestate 57 68 19.3

@thestatesports 50 56 12

Sun Herald @sunherald 128 on June 7 127
Tampa Tribune @tbocom 145 204 40.69

@bucsbeat 161 166 3.11

@tbolive Started June 7 49
@weirdflorida 29 49 68.97

The Times of Northwest Indiana @nwi 56 66 17.86

@nwiprepsports 52 52 0

Times-Picayune @nolanews 185 202
The Times-Tribune @timestribune 92 116 26.09

Trentonian @trentonian 3 on June 14 9
Tribune Star @tribstar 40 46 15

Tulsa World @tulsaworld 68 on June 15 80
USA Today @ondeadline 329 375 13.98

@popcandy 1,442 1,615 12

@usatonpolitics 201 219 8.96

The Virginian-Pilot @pilotonline * Started May 29 2
@hampton_roads 12
The Vindicator @vindicator 45 62 37.78

Watauga Democrat @wataugademocrat 19 on June 11 25
Wall Street Journal @wsj 786 952 21.12

Washington Post @washingtonpost *

32 42 31.25

@capitolbriefing 39 60 53.85

@channel08 40 49 22.5

@politicspodcast 29 44 51.72

@politicspolls 28 48 71.43

@postpolitics 175 225 28.57

@postworldnews Started June 4 34
@thefactchecker 38 64 68.42

@thefix

129 232 79.84

@thesleuth 59 89 50.85

@thetrail 92 127 38.04

@travellog 2 8 300

@washbizblog 54 78 44.44

@whitehousewatch 27 41 51.85

Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune @wrtribune 5 8 60

Wichita Eagle @kansasdotcom 87 110 26.44

@rsylvester 144 158 9.72

York Daily Record @ydrcom 84

96 14.29

Note: I have added newspapers to the list as I discover they’re on Twitter. Usually, that’s soon after they join. Sometimes it’s later. Know of a paper using Twitter that isn’t on the list? Tell me about it.

Take a look at numbers from May.

Update: July numbers are also posted!

22 comments and counting

  1. Addie   /   July 2, 2008    #

    Robert Quigley is doing a really good job as our main Statesman Twitter guy, and I’m delightfully surprised to see how much the entire newsroom (glass offices included) are taking to the concept. I’m the food writer at the paper and have been Tweeting regularly since I did an interview/road trip with Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV. Needless to say, his encouragement was all I needed to jump full force into it.

    Thanks for keeping these numbers! It’s great to see how technology is changing newspapers!

    Addie Broyles
    @broylesa

  2. Sean Blanda   /   July 5, 2008    #

    Are you counting alt weeklies? If so, check out @citypaper.

  3. Erica Smith   /   July 5, 2008    #

    Addie: Thanks! I just added a few other Statesman Twitters, too.

    Sean: I just added @citypaper for July/August. (They have 164 followers right now.) Thanks for the tip!

  4. jessica   /   July 22, 2008    #

    Newspaper: Reno Gazette-Journal, Twitter: @rgj

  5. Karl Pearson-Cater   /   August 4, 2008    #

    Great list! Interesting data crunching. A humble request: Somehow indicate if the newspaper’s twitter profile is an auto-rss feed ‘twitterfeed’ accounts. Or, if the twitter profile has more personality with a real live person feeding it.

    There is value in doing both, so that’s what we do:

    RSS TwitterFeed profile for all articles posted to http://www.MinnPost.com:
    @MinnPost

    Breaking News, Alerts, and other ‘updates’ managed by MinnPost.com Web Editor Corey Anderson:
    @MinnPostNow

  6. Scott Hepburn   /   August 4, 2008    #

    It’s nice to see newspapers syndicating their news via Twitter, but I’m more impressed with those papers whose reporters and staff use Twitter. Twitter, like other social media tools, is about conversations. One-way conversations aren’t much fun, and conversations with companies are often less enjoyable than conversations with the people AT those companies.

    Check out what @NBCSquire is doing over at NBC4 in Columbus, Ohio. It’s good stuff.

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  8. Nadine Kam   /   August 4, 2008    #

    There are probably thousands more newspaper staffers with Twitter accounts, who are on there in unofficial capacity but sometimes link to stories and newspaper blogs, as I do for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin at http://blogs.starbulletin.com/fashiontribe

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  10. Mary   /   August 6, 2008    #

    Hi, another to add: The Baltimore Sun. @baltimoresun
    We will also likely add a live account soon, for live news/event coverage.

  11. amanda   /   August 6, 2008    #

    The Gotham Gazette (New York City) twitters at @gothamgazette

  12. Roger   /   August 9, 2008    #

    ‘guelphmercury’
    Guelph Mercury newspaper, Guelph, Ont.
    Not sure who else up here in Canada’s newspaper biz is on Twitter.

  13. mark   /   August 10, 2008    #

    This might help visualizing this data… most of these are being tracked

    http://trendrr.com/tag/nyt

    good way to track automatically (following, followed, frequency etc)

  14. Kenny   /   August 11, 2008    #

    Hi there. Great list, thanks for compiling it and all this useful information. For the next go-around we’d humble suggest our own @aldotcom which is the Twitter feed for the online home of The Birmingham News, Mobile’s Press-Register and The Huntsville Times.

    Thanks again. Have a nice day!

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  19. steve garfield   /   August 18, 2008    #

    Great post. I shared it http://delicious.com/stevegarfield

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  22. J.R.   /   January 24, 2009    #

    You’re missing the Pensacola News Journal: @pnj

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