The AP is reporting that Cincinnati Bengals football player and social media star Chad Ochocinco is in works with Motorola to develop his own Twitter based social media news service called OCNN - Ocho Cinco News Network.
His plan is to use Motorola's new line of phones and player contacts from around the league to provide "breaking news" on NFL teams and players.á His tag line is interestingly named, "If I break it, you might as well believe it."
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The goal as Chad says, is to "knock out the middle man," meaning that users wouldá get news straight from him and his posse of NFL reporters, bypassing current media providers like ESPN, FoxSports, and CBS.
As a result, those outlets, instead of reporting breaking news, will be left retweeting it.á
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Chad Ochocinco Creates Own Twitter-Based News Network
Posted: 25th October 2009 by steve raquel in NFLComments Off on Chad Ochocinco Creates Own Twitter-Based News Network