I give up — I just can’t keep track of 1,360 Twitter accounts anymore. I tried, I swear, but it’s just too much to juggle (especially if newspapers insist on continuing the layoffs). The number of newspapers who use Twitter has grown substantially over the past year, that much is clear. So here are the [...]

Twitter deleted spam accounts on Dec. 19, and several accounts saw a decrease in followers. Greatest increase in followers Los Angeles Times @appiphilia 395.45% St. Louis Post-Dispatch @metrophotoed 300.00% South Florida Sun-Sentinel @sunsentinelnews 285.25% The Charlotte Observer @crystaldempsey 270.59% The Boston Globe @bostoncalendar 266.67% Austin American-Statesman @jkelso 260.24% Orange County Register @ocreggie 246.32% Detroit Free [...]

This database has been nothing but trouble the past few weeks; I’m not sure why. But, finally, here it is! I took Dec. 1 off, so I collected numbers on Dec. 5 instead. Greatest increase in followers New York Times @tvdecoder 4,300.00 percent Seattle Times @seattletimes 328.09 percent Helena Independent Record @helenaironline 308.33 percent St. [...]

TypePad is offering a bailout for journalists. Since more than 13,000 of you have been laid off this year, they should have plenty of takers. By signing up for the Journalist Bailout Program, you’ll get a free TypePad Pro account. (TypePad isn’t usually free, and I’m not sure how long the account will be free.) [...]

OK, vacation’s over and it’s past time to catch up. Last week, I was in New York at Columbia University for the Changing Media Landscape panel. You can still watch the panel online, although I’ve heard the audio is a little troublesome. Other panelists included: Sewell Chan, editor of the New York Times’ City Room [...]