The Associated Press business news desk has launched a Twitter feed at @APBusiness.
“@APBusiness will be dedicated to sharing some of AP’s published stories on business and the economy and engaging with news makers and readers interested in these topics,” said AP deputy business editor Brad Foss. “We view @APBusiness, and social media in general, as an important news gathering tool.”
As of 3 p.m. EST, the feed had 12 tweets and 379 followers.
In comparison, @ReutersBiz has had 85,700 tweets and 1.2 million followers. And @business, which is Bloomberg’s Twitter feed, has 95,000 tweets and 2.25 million followers.
