New Twitter is "Media"

As one would reasonably have concluded that Google is now "media," not a search engine, one would reasonably conclude that Twitter also is becoming "media," not a text communication app.

With the new format Twitter is rolling out, which will include ability to integrate video and other related information, Twitter will tend to highlight the actual value and quality of information and analysis, which is going to lead to a scenario somewhat analogous to the music industry, where people buy songs, not CDs or albums.

Twitter is going to bring more of that sort of environment to news and video content. One has to wonder if that will lessen the value of packaged "news channels."

New Twitter Completes Its Transformation into News Source