It was inevitable. Twitter announced the first phase of their "Promoted Tweets" platform which will allow paid advertisers prime real estate for search results. Below is a list of global reactions.
- Twitter Hello World by Biz Stone
- Alltop Top Twitter News
- ABC News Sponsored tweets no big deal, for now by Gemma Breen
- All Things Digital Twitter Pitches Ads to Madison Avenue by Peter Kafka
- Associated Press Questions and answers about new ads on Twitter by The Associated Press
- The Big Money Twitter's New Ad Plan Is Stubbornly Brilliant by Chadwick Matlin
- CBS Video: Twitter's Plan for Profit
- CTV News Twitter's new strategy: Making money, 140 characters at a time by Susan Krashinsky
- DemocratandChronicle.com Twitter to start introducing ads by Erica Bryant
- Forbes Twitter Wants Ad Money by Laurie Burkitt
- The Globe and Mail What Twitter ads mean to you by Amber MacArthur
- Guardian.co.uk Twitter's advertising plan: what the web thinks by Charles Arthur
- The Huffington Post Promoted Tweets: Twitter Ad by Bianca Boster
- Investors.com Twitter Ad Challenge: Pleasing Advertisers Without Vexing Users by Pete Barlas
- MarketingWeek Brand react with interest to Twitter ad opportunities by Charlotte McEleny
- The New York Times Twitter Has a Plan to Draw Money From Ads by Claire Cain Miller
- PCMag Twitter Reveals Ad Platform: Promoted Tweets by Chloe Albanesius
- PCWorld Will Twitter Ads Tweak Tweeters? by Jeff Bertolucci
- The Register Twitter to auction off words by Bill Ray
- SFGate Twitter puts ads in the mix of tweets by Benny Evangelista
- USAToda Twitter searches will find something new: Ads by Jon Swartz
- The Wall Street Journal Twitter's Ad Plan Draws Cheers - And Jeers by John Letzing
- Xinhuanet.com Twitter launches advertising program by Wang Guanqun
- ZDNet Twitter unveils Promoted Tweets search ads program by Caroline McCarthy