NewWest.Net: Reporter stopped from tweeting trial
May 1st, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Social media and blogging
Newwest.net, an online publication based in the Rockies, reports that its founder, Jonathan Weber, was ordered to stop tweeting from a trial this week.
“Federal Bankruptcy Judge Ralph B. Kirscher shut down the use of Twitter in a Missoula courtroom today during a trial that has pit the members of the ritzy Yellowstone Club against former owner Tim Blixseth and lender Credit Suisse.”
Tags: Credit Suisse, Federal Bankruptcy Judge, jonathan weber, newwest.net, online publication, Ralph B. Kirscher, reporter, Tim Blixseth, Twitter, Yellowstone Club
May 1st, 2009 at 3:04 pm
So… is Twittering a trial kosher or not?