Twitter needs the news and the news needs Twitter

[Priyanka]

A study by the American Press Institute shows Twitter has become a crucial platform for both finding the news and distributing it. If you spend much time on Twitter, you already know that one of the things it excels at is breaking news, whether it’s real-time updates on demonstrations in Turkey or early reports from an earthquake or tsunami halfway around the world. New research from the American Press Institute confirms that Twitter TWTR 2.92% is a real-time news network for many users, and that is both good news and bad news for the company as it tries to re-ignite its flagging share price.