Michael Phelps Takes Over @Ravens Twitter
Part of the fun with social media is that because everything is still so new, individuals and organizations have the freedom with how they use it.
That’s exactly what we did last week with the @Ravens official Twitter account.
We held our first-ever Twitter takeover with Olympic great Michael Phelps, a Baltimore native and lifelong Ravens fan. We handed our account over to Phelps for the Ravens-Vikings game on Dec. 8, and allowed our fans to experience the game on social media through his commentary.
ESPN’s new social media policy: Don’t break news on Twitter
ESPN gets flak for just about everything they do. Fair or not, the “Worldwide Leader” has their every move questioned, critiqued and analyzed, but that’s the price that comes with sitting at the top of the sports food chain.
The company’s updated social media policy is no different.
Soon after ESPN released its amended social networking policy for talent and reporters, the Twittersphere took the company to task–specifically for one guideline.