{"id":136,"date":"2010-04-21T09:37:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T09:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2010\/04\/katie-couric-interviews-twitter-co-founder-biz-stone.html"},"modified":"2010-04-21T09:37:13","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T09:37:13","slug":"katie-couric-interviews-twitter-co-founder-biz-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2010\/04\/katie-couric-interviews-twitter-co-founder-biz-stone.html","title":{"rendered":"Katie Couric Interviews Twitter co-founder Biz Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dek\">Katie Couric has a way of making anything sound upbeat and inspirational. Her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sections\/katiecouric\/main504423.shtml\">@KatieCouric<\/a> page at CBS&nbsp;news is home to one on one wed interviews between Couric and newsmakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dek\">In this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/watch\/?id=6415502n&amp;tag=contentBody;cbsCarousel\">interview,<\/a> she talks with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/watch\/?id=6415502n&amp;tag=contentBody;cbsCarousel\">Twitter co-founder Biz Stone<\/a>&nbsp;about&nbsp;the rise of the popular social-networking service, Twitter. And also about Twitter&#8217;s new (controversial) advertising platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dek\">The story of how the phenominon of the 140 character communications and micro-blogging came into being is nothing short of fascinating.&nbsp;They also talk about&nbsp;why he&nbsp;passed up a&nbsp;500-million-dollar offer to sell Twitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dek\">Twitter has grown into a worldwide phenominon that has linked people across the globe. From celebrities like Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, to the people of Iran and Haiti &#8220;tweeting&#8221; to inform people during unfolding tragedies, Twitter has changed the world of communication.<\/p>\n<p><embed src='http:\/\/cnettv.cnet.com\/av\/video\/cbsnews\/atlantis2\/player-dest.swf' FlashVars='linkUrl=http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/watch\/?id=6415502n&#038;releaseURL=http:\/\/cnettv.cnet.com\/av\/video\/cbsnews\/atlantis2\/player-dest.swf&#038;videoId=50086528&#038;partner=news&#038;vert=News&#038;si=254&#038;autoPlayVid=false&#038;name=cbsPlayer&#038;allowScriptAccess=always&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;embedded=y&#038;scale=noscale&#038;rv=n&#038;salign=tl' allowFullScreen='true' width='425' height='324' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer'><\/embed><br \/><a href='http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com'>Watch CBS News Videos Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Couric has a way of making anything sound upbeat and inspirational. 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