Facebook/CNN Partnership Posts Phenomenal Results
The inauguration of Barack Obama has already brought about significant change in this country and Facebook in partnership with CNN were able to cover the inauguration in its entirety. Millions of people logged in to share the experience with their friends around the globe. As of 1:15 pm Eastern, Facebook and CNN posted some impressive results:
- Over 600,000 status updates were posted through the CNN.com Live Facebook feed
- There was an average of 4,000 status updates per minute during the inaugural broadcast
- During the inaugural speech there were over 8,500 status updates per minute
- Obama’s fan page has now surpassed 4 million fans and 500,000 wall posts
It was an impressive showing and being able to share the experience with friends worldwide was most definitely a first.
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