Media Behemoths

Pete Cashmore

The largest independent website dedicated to news & resources for the connected generation. Tweets from @mashable staff. Send questions/comments to @mashablehq.
2,872,600 followers |

Piers Morgan

'One day you're the cock of the walk, the next a feather duster.'
2,276,353 followers |

TechCrunch

Breaking Technology News And Opinions From TechCrunch
2,207,890 followers |

Rachel Maddow MSNBC

I see political people... (Retweets do not imply endorsement.)
2,120,428 followers |

Jack Dorsey

Executive Chairman of Twitter, CEO of Square, a founder of both.
1,994,723 followers |

John Dickerson

Political correspondent Slate magazine/Political Director CBS News
1,374,739 followers |

Ana Marie Cox

You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.
1,350,428 followers |

Kevin Rose

Builder of products @Google. Angel investor. Founder of digg.com. @tea drinker.
1,334,989 followers |

SAI

The latest digital business news from @BusinessInsider
1,292,549 followers |

Scott Simon

Host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday
1,230,538 followers |

The Washington Post

One of many ways The Washington Post gets social. @tjortenzi and @marksluckie are here to help navigate the news. Send your tips and tweets to @washingtonpost.
1,001,110 followers |

Joel Stein

I am the self-promoting whore/author of Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity.
980,351 followers |

Kara Swisher

Co-Executive editor, AllThingsD
823,253 followers |

VANITY FAIR

Find out first about newly posted magazine features, exclusive slide shows and videos, and pointed commentary from the VF Daily blog.
567,252 followers |

Harvey Levin

I'm a lawyer.
515,269 followers |

Jenna Wortham

@NYTimes tech reporter, @Wired alum. GIF maker, news breaker. Bday cake enthusiast. I can teach you how to dougie. Side hustle: http://girlcrushzine.tumblr.com
449,042 followers |

soraya

wanderlust, tech addict, lover of art, media fiend. a cofounder of @foodspotting & formerly @nytimes social.
414,693 followers |

Anil Dash

I love NYC, tech & funk. You can see all the things I'm up to at http://anildash.com/ or reach me at anil@dashes.com or 646 833-8659.
408,151 followers |

Keith Olbermann

There is Baseball, and occasionally there is other stuff of note. If you think you're following me on Facebook, I'm not ON Facebook.
381,962 followers |

david carr

David Carr, Media Equation column, blogs @ Decoder, covers pop culture at NYTimes. Tweets hi-low, news, whatnot. Author: Night of the Gun. http://amzn.to/lhYAP5
369,684 followers |

Yahoo! News

The official Twitter account for Yahoo! News – breaking news and buzzing stories. Tweets hand-picked by Y! News team and 100% RSS feed free!
284,156 followers |

Merlin Mann

I'm the best 17-year-old ever.
213,043 followers |

John Gruber

Raconteur.
201,430 followers |

Gawker

Today's gossip is tomorrow's news
180,264 followers |

Jake Tapper

ABC News' Sr White House Correspondent. Dissecting my tweets with Talmudic meticulousness will result in wrong conclusions. RTs do not = endorsement.
174,151 followers |

Jason Kottke

Responsible for kottke.org and stellar.io. Irresponsible about everything else.
150,022 followers |

Brian Stelter

I report on TV & media for The New York Times. I'm working on a book about morning TV. For Q's and news tips: bstelter@gmail.com | 212-556-4668 | 240-793-2483
125,202 followers |

Nick Bilton

Columnist and Lead Writer, The New York Times, Bits Blog. NYU Adjunct Professor. Author, book: 'I Live in the Future & Here's How it Works'
116,733 followers |

mediabistro.com

Community, jobs, courses, news, and resources from mediabistro.com and beyond. Please note that featured jobs posted to this feed are #paid.
115,658 followers |

Jeff Jarvis

blogger and j-school prof
95,021 followers |

HowardKurtz

Newsweek/Daily Beast guy, host of CNN's Reliable Sources, contributor to Daily-Download.com
92,759 followers |

Jay Rosen

I teach journalism at NYU, direct the Studio 20 program there, critique the press and study new media. I don't do lifecasting but mindcasting on Twitter.
86,090 followers |

Nieman Lab

The Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University: Trying to figure out the future of news.
85,015 followers |

Jim MacMillan

Journalist in Residence for @WarNewsRadio & teaching Peace Journalism @Swarthmore • 215.882.4765 • jimmacm@gmail.com • Latest: GunCrisis.org @GunCrisisNews
79,114 followers |

Ben Smith

Editor-in-Chief of BuzzFeed.com. Email or gchat me at ben@buzzfeed.com. AIM benobserver.
78,692 followers |

Jezebel

Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women. Without Airbrushing.
74,012 followers |

Andy Carvin

Senior strategist at NPR. Online community organizer since 1994. Former director of the Digital Divide Network. Writer. Photographer. Dad.
70,246 followers |

Touré

Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? was a NY Times most notable book of 2011. Now co-writing Nas's autobiography. For speaking events—abobin@apbspeakers.com.
69,568 followers |

Jennifer Preston

Staff writer @nytimes. Interested in stories about use of technology, social media in politics, government - and real life. Tips? jepresto@nytimes.com
64,736 followers |

Brett

I'm a writer. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.
64,655 followers |

felix salmon

Felix Salmon is the finance blogger at Reuters
60,371 followers |

Peter Sagal

Insufferable -- Vanity Fair 1/18/12
58,209 followers |

Xeni Jardin

Madam Boing. Breast cancer isn't something I have, but something my body is currently doing. I tweet about this, and all that my mind is doing. xeni@xeni.net
57,208 followers |

Romenesko

Visit JimRomenesko.com
52,316 followers |

Charles M. Blow

Charles M. Blow is The New York Times's visual Op-Ed columnist. His column appears every Saturday.
52,073 followers |

Ken Tremendous

I am a pension fund monitor for Fremulon Insurance, based in Partridge, KS.
48,430 followers |

Dave Winer ☮

Developed first blogging software, RSS and podcasting, outliners, web CMS. Media hacker. Boot strapper. Writer. Academic. Friendly. :-)
47,870 followers |

Alexia Tsotsis

Co-Editor at TechCrunch. Breaks news, hearts. alexia@techcrunch.com
46,652 followers |

Dennis Crowley

I like snowboards, foursquare and unemployment.
46,323 followers |

Joan Walsh

Salon.com editor at large and MSNBC political analyst
45,638 followers |

Simon Dumenco

Media columnist, Advertising Age. I tweet what I'm reading (if it's interesting).
42,145 followers |

Bill Keller

The New York Times
37,637 followers |

HuffPost Media

The media! On HuffPost! @jackmirkinson, Editor. @rebeccashap and @kfung, Associate Editors. @danielshea, Guru. media@huffingtonpost.com
33,641 followers |

Journalistics

A pretty nifty blog about public relations and journalism. Managed by @jeremyporter.
33,602 followers |

Mediaite

THE site for news, info and smart opinions about print, online and broadcast media. - http://www.facebook.com/Mediaite
33,157 followers |

paidContent

Part of the GigaOM network, paidContent.org provides global coverage of the business of digital content.
32,739 followers |

Sree Sreenivasan

@ColumbiaJourn prof/dean; socmedia blogger, @CNETNews: http://cnet.co/sreetips * tech evangelist & skeptic * sree@sree.net
32,111 followers |

rachelsklar

Media addict on the loose. Changing the ratio.
31,009 followers |

Mathew Ingram

I'm a senior writer at GigaOm, a former columnist with the Globe and Mail and co-founder of the mesh conference in Toronto
30,583 followers |

Anthony De Rosa

Reuters columnist, Social Media Editor. Host of Reuters TV's Tech Tonic. Opinions are mine, not Reuters. anthony.derosa@thomsonreuters.com / (678) 439-7687
30,249 followers |

Peter Kafka

Verbose, concise. Monkey via www.andyrainford.co.uk
29,638 followers |

Caroline McCarthy

Writer, runner, reader, explorer. I tell stories about new ways to connect at Google+. All tweets are mine (until the robots take over).
28,865 followers |

Mediagazer

Mediagazer presents the day's must-read media news on a single page.
27,335 followers |

NYTimes Lede Blog

New York Times bloggers remix the news on national and international events.
26,975 followers |

Morning Edition

Tweets from NPR's Morning Edition staff 24 hours a day.
26,292 followers |

Jack Shafer

RT≠E. To sign up for email alerts to my ReutersOpinion column (and other announcements), fill out the form at http://eepurl.com/gB_ov
26,256 followers |

The Awl

Be Not Bored!
25,658 followers |

10,000 Words

Multimedia journalism blog -- where journalism and technology meet.
25,496 followers |

Media Decoder

What's on, who's watching and why it matters.
25,301 followers |

themediaisdying

Helping flaks pitch better and update lists. *** Email tips to mediaisdying@gmail.com *** Created by @munkyfonkey
25,254 followers |

Joseph Weisenthal

I Am Joe Weisenthal, Deputy Editor Of Business Insider
22,209 followers |

Greg Mitchell

Blogger for The Nation. Author of 13 books (see link below) on OWS, WikiLeaks, Beethoven, Atomic Cover-Up. Former ed. at Editor & Publisher and Crawdaddy.
20,900 followers |

Farhad Manjoo

I write for Slate, Fast Company, and the NYT.
20,623 followers |

Pat Kiernan

I anchor the news on NY1 and host game shows. And I’m up early digging through the headlines to find interesting and important stories to Tweet.
20,271 followers |

Patrick LaForge

Editor, News Presentation, @nytimes. To e-mail the newsroom: nytnews at nytimes dot com.
19,753 followers |

Alex Pareene

I write about politics for Salon.com
19,329 followers |

Michael Calderone

Senior Media Reporter for The Huffington Post michael.calderone@huffingtonpost.com
19,194 followers |

Muck Rack

Following journalists on Twitter since 2009. For journalists: http://muckrack.com/journalists For PR: http://muckrack.com/pros
18,987 followers |

Jonathan Landman

Culture Editor of The New York Times
18,415 followers |

John Carney

I run NetNet, CNBC's blog with the lowdown on Wall Street and the highjinx of the culture of finance.
18,341 followers |

Virginia Heffernan

National Correspondent for Yahoo! News. Book in the works - Magic and Loss: The Pleasures of the Internet, for Free Press.
18,335 followers |

Nick Denton

Gossip merchant
18,315 followers |

katiebakes

Former tap dancing, clown camp attending, side ponytail wearing child of the early 90s. Staff writer at Grantland. I just want John Tortorella to coach my life.
18,223 followers |

Heidi N. Moore

Handmaiden to capitalism. Reporting on Wall St. Truth vigilante. Tweets have no affiliation with my employer. WSJ alum; NYT contrib. Get off my lawn. Hi.
17,803 followers |

Mark Glaser

Executive editor of PBS MediaShift and Idea Lab; writer, editor, dad, singer, ridiculous-maker.
17,367 followers |

Jason Linkins

Hi. My name is Jason, this is my Twitter and it is based on the novel of the same name by Michel Houellebecq. I edit Eat The Press, at the Huffington Post.
16,942 followers |

anthony o. scott

16,742 followers |

Rex Hammock

Founder/CEO of media/content-marketing firm Hammock (hammock.com), wiki-wrangler of SmallBusiness.com (@smallbusiness).
16,584 followers |

Pedro da Costa

Journalist covering economics and Federal Reserve policy for @Reuters. Resident instigator at @MacroScope.
16,425 followers |

Clive Thompson

Journalist, blogger, musician. Wired mag columnist, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine. Writing a book about how tech affects our thought.
13,782 followers |

Megan McCarthy

Now: News Editor at the New York Observer. Then: Mediagazer, Techmeme, Wired.com, Valleywag. Always: owner of nerd cachet.
12,482 followers |

Courtney Hazlett

Pop culture correspondent and contributor to TODAY, TODAY.com, MSNBC, msnbc.com
11,752 followers |

Nicholas Carlson

Deputy Editor at Business Insider, running SAI. Tweets and retweets about tech business, sports, and news – lots of news. Tips: nicholas@businessinsider.com
11,694 followers |

iwantmedia

Media news & resources -- @patrick_media, editor/founder
11,585 followers |

Lockhart Steele

Curbed.com, Eater.com and Racked.com proprietor, and downtown New York City denizen.
11,584 followers |

Elizabeth Spiers

Editor-in-chief, The New York Observer
11,495 followers |

Lauren Indvik ★

I cover media & retail for @mashable. Reader, runner, Dartmouth alum.
10,587 followers |

Lost Remote

All about social TV. We cover how social media is changing TV, from Twitter to second screen apps. By @corybe and @twatan. #socialtv
9,627 followers |

Dana Stevens

Movie critic at Slate.com and co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast
9,426 followers |

Stephanie Clifford

Retail reporter, The New York Times. Story ideas and tips welcome; please send to sclifford at nytimes dot com. NYT stories: http://nyti.ms/bDZFqy
9,188 followers |

Jonathan Wald

Maybe I'm just too demanding. Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold.
8,855 followers |

FishbowlNY

Turning the page for New York media.
8,662 followers |

Rex Sorgatz

Strategist, writer, entrepreneur, designer, advisor, consultant, creative technologist, gadfly, and dilettante.
8,228 followers |

Chris Lehmann

Pundit-manque, critic without portfolio
7,861 followers |

Ravi Somaiya

Journalist. Mostly out of the New York Times London bureau. (Views = mine. RTs ≠ endorsements. Obviously.) ravisomaiya[at]hotmail.com
7,861 followers |

Steve Krakauer

Senior Digital Producer for CNN/US. Previously: Piers Morgan Tonight Digital Producer, Mediaite & TVNewser editor, NBC Page. Syracuse U alum, NYCer
7,763 followers |

Nat Ives

media editor at Advertising Age
7,378 followers |

Andrew Nusca

CBS @SmartPlanet & @ZDNet editor by day, The Editorialiste media critic by night. (editorialiste.blogspot.com)
6,886 followers |

Jeremy W. Peters

Political reporter, The New York Times
6,777 followers |

Steve Huff

Created @LIFECOACHERS. Freelance writer, contributor to Observer.com & Betabeat.com. I run, sing opera & like soda. I tweet too much, don't follow me.
6,710 followers |

Jay Yarow

I write the words that make the Internet go blog. Tech and sports tweets mostly.
6,637 followers |

Mike Nizza

Managing Editor/News of The @Daily. Priors: @NYTimes, @TheLede, @TheAtlanticWire, @AOLNews. Likes: Deadpan, pancetta, Coogi sweaters. Views=me; RTs≠endorsements
6,483 followers |

Ricky Van Veen

5,830 followers |

MediaJobsDaily

5,686 followers |

jezebel dodai

writer, dreamer, denizen of girlhattan
5,362 followers |

Betabeat

The Low-Down on High Tech. Here you'll find the best of the daily Betabeat, lightly sprinkled with RTs.
5,347 followers |

Adam Sternbergh

Culture Editor, New York Times Magazine.
5,253 followers |

Maureen O'Connor

Irresponsible Blogger Gawker's Maureen O'Connor maureen@gawker.com
5,248 followers |

Gabriel Snyder

I edit The Atlantic Wire.
5,062 followers |

Alex Leo

Head of Web Product @Reuters, former Senior Editor @HuffingtonPost. Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media 2012. (Views are mine alone...and usually ridiculous.)
5,025 followers |

Andrew Golis

Director of Digital & Senior Editor at @FRONTLINEpbs. Formerly of @YahooNews & @TPM. Trying to get great journalism made and watched or read.
4,929 followers |

Paula Froelich

journalist, novelist, NATJA award-winning travel writer, queen of random, fun facts
4,889 followers |

Ryan Tate

Tech gossip at Gawker, author of The 20% Doctrine at HarperBusiness, fascinated by glowing lies.
4,869 followers |

Jamie Mottram

Former Director of Blogs, Social & SEO for @Yahoo / Founding Editor, @FanHouse / Blogger-in-Chief, @MrIrrelevantDC
4,610 followers |

Alex Blagg

Social Media Strat Guru-Ninja-Genius. Bajillionaire. Webeneur. Techspert. Lord of All Social Media. Intergalactic Master of the Internet. More at @alexblagg.
4,249 followers |

Foster Kamer

Est. Las Vegas, 1984. This isn't a car. fkamer@observer.com.
4,203 followers |

delrayser

aware of all internet traditions
3,993 followers |

Jeremy Zilar

Blog Specialist at the New York Times. Husband to @oubliette, Father of @keplr. jeremyz@nytimes.com
3,782 followers |

themediaishiring

Helping laid off media employees find new work 140 characters at a time. Email us at mediaishiring@gmail.com
3,770 followers |

max read

I make content for content location Gawker.com. All RTs are explicit endorsements. #tcot
3,761 followers |

moe tkacik

I despise Twitter.
3,658 followers |

The NYTPicker

3,619 followers |

Chanders

Assistant Prof. of Media Culture, CUNY. Rebuilding the News, about the Philadelphia media ecosystem, forthcoming in 2012 from Temple University Press.
3,583 followers |

Glynnis MacNicol

Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die. Former Media Editor at Business Insider. Founding Editor at Mediaite.
3,380 followers |

Rebecca Dana

Senior Editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast
3,293 followers |

Joe Pompeo

Media reporter at Capital New York. Formerly a reporter at Yahoo! News, Business Insider and The New York Observer.
3,268 followers |

ShortFormBlog

Read a little. Learn a lot. We give you news that's really short. It's pretty sweet. Tips here: shrtfrmblg@gmail.com | Link feed: @SFBlinks | RTs imply nothing
3,165 followers |

WoodenHorsePub

Media directory - US and Canadian magazines with reader demos, writer's guidelines and editorial calendars. Follow us for magazine news.
3,161 followers |

Brian Ries Verified!

Brian is a former associate at Mail Boxes Etc. He now plays social media keys for @newsweek & @thedailybeast. [e:moneyries@gmail.com]
3,150 followers |

Jim Newell

Some moron who writes political things. Ex Gawker, current Wonkette/Guardian/Salon contributor. newell.jim@gmail.com
2,776 followers |

Bucky Turco

Animalistic
2,749 followers |

John Cook

Gawkerer and co-author of Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records. john at gawker dot com.
2,588 followers |

Scott Kidder

director of editorial operations at gawker media, business guy at the hype machine, drinker of iced tea.
2,406 followers |

Matthew Knell

@AOL Social Media Director/ @paceuniversity tech mentor/ teach @NYU | Before: @cafemom @mtv @jetblue @aboutdotcom | Views are my own. | matthew@ygm.com
2,393 followers |

Lex Kuhne

Say [Leks Koo-nee] | Biz-Entertainment-Estate Planning Lawyer | Quality Content Entrepreneur | Pop Culture Geek | #Detroit + Michigan Apologist | #GoBlue |
1,928 followers |

Edmund Lee

I find your lack of faith disturbing
1,821 followers |

noah davis

Wind me up and let me go.
1,621 followers |

Lauren Rae Bertolini

Social media manager at Gawker Media. Quilter. Eater. Syracuse and NBC alumna. Training for the NYC Tri in July: http://bit.ly/yfz1o9.
1,500 followers |

colbyhall

Digital Programming Director for Clear Channel, NY. Founding Editor of Mediaite.com; Dad to Nate and Tommy. Internet surfer. Excellent dancer.
1,117 followers |

Kevin Kearney

CEO/Co-Founder, Hard Candy Shell
1,068 followers |

Jason Zengerle

Friendship, character, . . . ethics. Also: Contributing Editor for New York Magazine and GQ.
1,036 followers |

katie honan

social media editor @NBCNewYork. tweets represent only myself (and the hopes & dreams of my ancestors.) new york native, always in a hurry yo.
927 followers |

brianvan

None of it makes sense
715 followers |

Media Mob

Media coverage from the New York Observer, by Kat Stoeffel
416 followers |

jennromolini

editor-in-chief @yahooshine
272 followers |

socialisting

Apartments, jobs, and stuff from friends and their friends.
254 followers |

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