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ESPN Limits Tweeting To “Serving ESPN?”
The Big Lead —
... info unless it serves ESPN. Kinda figured this was coming. Not sure what this means but …” If anyone has the memo, we’d love to read it (thebiglead@gmail.com). Anonymity assured. Imagine this will be a big discussion tomorrow, seeing as how prolific (and informative and funny) some ESPN tweeters are. There probably will be some outrage from frequent tweeters like Simmons, Jemele Hill, Amy Nelson, and the legions of ESPNites who use it as a way to connect with fans. [Ric Bucher] ...
ESPN places restrictions on Twitter usage.
Sports Media Watch —
ESPN has dropped the "hammer" down on the use of Twitter by its employees. According to ESPN NBA reporter Ric Bucher , ESPN has distributed a memo " prohibiting tweeting info unless it serves ESPN ." Bucher: " ...
ESPN prohibits employees from tweeting info "unless it serves ESPN"
tonyblogs.net - Sports news, humor, videos and prognostications. —
... ESPN NBA reporter Ric Bucher tweeted earlier today that ESPN has prohibited tweeting unless it serves the network in some way. In two tweets, Bucher said: ...
Hardline Twitter Memo Makes ESPN Employees Hilariously Paranoid [Media Meltdowns]
Deadspin —
... ESPN NBA writer Ric Bucher set the World Wide Leader's legion of writers, editors, and on-air personalities with raging Twitter habits into a collective shit-tizzy with one of his updates. Now, a revolution is afoot! Not really. ...
More on ESPN's social media policy.
Sports Media Watch —
The most powerful sports entity in the country is enacting a far-reaching policy regarding social media. As discussed by ESPN NBA reporter ...
don’t ruin twitter!
nba musings —
... commemorative screen shot of his page or something. Instead, I’m stuck with this empty J.R.less existence. Not cool, Denver Post. Not cool.
Then, as Ric Bucher (@RicBucher) so eloquently put it, ESPN dropped the hammer. The hammer being a memo to their employees – including on-air “personalities” — that essentially seeks to cut them off at the knees in terms of what they can and can’t tweet about.
Source: http://twitter.com/RicBucher/status/3132468169
Unless it ...
The Morning After: August 5, 2009
Sparty and Friends —
... Ric Bucher announced on his Twitterthat ESPN has put a stop to their personalities Twittering any information they might have unless it serves ESPN. Seriously? I actually learned to like Ric Bucher because of some of the candid stuff he said on there…I understand the need for the rule, but limit it to breaking news. The Big Lead ...
ESPN and the NFL Still Trying To Figure Out This Twitter Thing
The Sporting Blog —
... Word came from, where else, Twitter yesterday that ESPN is changing its policy regarding employee Tweets.
Per Ric Bucher: ...
This Twitter Thing Is Getting Outrageous As J.R. Smith's Page Is In The Midst Of A Gang Controversy
No Guts, No Glory —
In the past few days, the push to limit the amount of tweeting (or just dispel it altogether) by athletes and sports personalities has been in full throttle. Tweets at Green Bay's training camp have been outlawed, ESPN personalities had their hands slapped, Antonio Cromartie got fined for tweeting about the lackluster food a Chargers camp and now J.R. Smith's tweeting has it's own controversy. Smith's use of the letter "K" instead of "C" in his words has raised the eyebrows of those versed in ...
ESPN Twitter Ban Is Not As Bad As Originally Thought
FanIQ Blog —
Yesterday, ESPN NBA analyst Ric Bucher tweeted that ESPN had passed around a memo concerning their employees using social networking website Twitter. The actual tweet: ...
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SI.com - Extra Mustard —
... . The ironic thing is the story was broken by one of its writers on Twitter. The official statement from ESPN is as follows: "We have been active in the social media space for a while. As our mission is to serve sports fans, we will continue to be active. We are now merely getting smarter about it by providing guidelines to commentators and reporters." I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that SI does not institute such a policy. It would be a shame if the public wasn't allowed to read gems like ...
