Twitter field day: Barack Obama digital media company edition
On December 2, 2016, the internet was gifted the ultimate Friday afternoon Twitter story: Barack Obama has reportedly considered starting a digital media company once he's no longer president.
This is the Platonic ideal of a story for media people to riff on. It is the Breaking-Bad-meth-purity-level of a media riff story.
Is it going to actually happen? Apparently not, as the White House communications director said the president has "no plans to get into the media business after he leaves office."
That, of course, makes it all the better for riffing. Nobody has to take this seriously, so let the jokes fly, folks.
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There were plenty of predictions
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My personal favorite:
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Of note, Mashable sports reporter Sam Laird was not into it.
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Jason Abbruzzese is a Business Reporter at Mashable. He covers the media and telecom industries with a particular focus on how the Internet is changing these markets and impacting consumers. Prior to working at Mashable, Jason served as Markets Reporter and Web Producer at the Financial Times. Jason holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University and an M.A. in International Affairs from Australian National University.
