Ashton Kutcher beats CNN in Twitter Race for one million followers
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Twitter and Kutcher’s “Twitter challenge” to CNN. Kutcher triumphed over CNN in their much ballyhooed race to be the first to reach a million followers on the micro blogging Web site. Kutcher surpassed that benchmark in the early morning hours Friday, narrowly edging out the breaking news feed from the Time Warner Inc.-owned network. (AP Photo/CNN Larry King Live)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ashton Kutcher has become the first member of Twitter to have over one million followers.
Surrounded by his wife, DemiMoore, Soleil Moon Frye, and Sean "Diddy" Combs supporting him via phone, the star officially crossed the one million mark, beating out rival CNN Breaking News shortly after 11 PM Pacific time. CNN, which lost by less than 1,200 followers, in their much hyped Twitter race, quickly congratulated the star.
The race was a tight one with only a handful of followers separating the two Tweeters as their numbers inched closer to one million. "There are a million people that need to be thanked for this. Tell me this isn't better than watching TV," Ashton Tweeted on Thursday, just a few hours before he crossed the finish line. "We get to participate in the entertainment. I feel like I'm directing an episode of punk’s"
Ashton was in the lead for most of the day, but just before 10 PM local time, CNN took over the top spot, leaving the actor to Tweet about the news network's on-air push for more followers.
"Why R they pushing so hard if this doesn't mean anything? It's a changing of the guard. The old way the new way," he wrote, as his followers reported back that CNN was using their live broadcast to seek out new followers.
It was at that point that Ashton jumped on Ustream.TV, speaking live with his fans that rallied around the star.
While Ashton crossed one million followers, earlier in the day it appeared the actor's account was hit by a bug in the run up to meeting his goal.
"Both Ashton @aplusk and my-self @ mrskutcher have had our updates blocked for the last 2 hours somebody is playing dirty!" Ashton's wife, Demi Moore, wrote on Thursday afternoon.
"This is David versus Goliath," Kutcher said. "This just shows how people want to get information. It is about us. It means that one man can have a voice as loud as a media network."
Ashton promised if he became the first user to reach 1 million followers on Twitter, he would buy 10,000 mosquito nets, a pledge he repeated on Thursday afternoon.
"I'm calling to have a check made out for $100,000 to the Malaria No More Fund," he wrote.
He also promised that his one millionth followers would be made into a Sims character.
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