NY Times, CNN, Reuters, The Economist Among Favorites For World Leaders

Top-20-Most-Followed-Media-Twitter-Accounts-207x270According to a study done by the international PR firm, Burson-Marsteller, The New York Times (@NYTimes) is the most popular Twitter handle among world leaders.

The firm’s analysis, which included heads of state, governments and ministers of foreign affairs, found that around 22% of these 647 Twitter accounts followed The NY Times. Among the other more popular news sources found by the study were @Reuters, @CNNbrk, @TheEconomist and @BBCWorld, respectively.

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Burson-Marsteller’s team also found that CNN”s Christiane Amanpour and Fareed Zakaria are the most followed personalities by these world leaders, with The New York Times’ Nicholas

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