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Twitter Tries Hollywood On For Size

Like many a tech titan before it, Twitter is trying to strengthen its ties with the entertainment industry. To that end, the microblogging leader is reportedly interviewing some well-known media players for its board of directors. “One of the top director candidates is well-regarded Hollywood exec Peter Chernin,” AllThingsD reports, citing sources. If he signs on, Chernin would compliment Twitter’s evolution as a “consumption-based media company, where some 40% of its user base read and consume content rather than create it,” AllThingsD explains.
 

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