NDM News Story 50: Rupert Murdoch's (maybe) farewell to Twitter is the end of an era

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/04/rupert-murdoch-twitter-farewell-final-tweet


Since getting married, Rupert Murdoch has chosen to stop using Twitter. Althoug his signing of tweet said that he would possibly only stop for 10 days, more people believe that he is going for his second option of stopping using Twitter for ever. Murdoch's tweets stating his opinions on politics often made headlines and even him retweeting something would bring about a lot of attention. With his marriage to former supermodel, Jerry Hall, he no longer has a need to use Twitter.

• On 4 March, the day of hiswedding to actor-model Jerry Hall, Murdoch signed off 
• The “or” leaves some hope for his 745,000 fans.
• The 84-year-old founder of News Corporation often made headlines simply by expressing his opinion on the news of the day
• Love needs more than 140 characters.

By losing such an influential celebrity as a consumer, this may be a great blow for Twitter as avid Rupert Murdoch fans may decide to boycott the social media site in support of Murdoch. People may believe that if such a person who has a massive impact on the world's media stops using a form of media, it may be because the particular media is not worth wasting time on. There is a possibility that some users may also form this opinion on Twitter after Murdoch's departure from the site.