June 8, 2011

Gnip, Twitter to create archive of tweets

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BOULDER – A Boulder startup is helping one of the nation’s most august research institutions compile the world’s largest database of Twitter messages.

Gnip Inc. on Wednesday announced it will work with Twitter and the Library of Congress to help create the library’s archive of public tweets.

Gnip is a venture-backed startup located in Boulder and was founded in 2008. It provides social media data from sources like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to businesses that integrate it into their business and consumer applications.

The library is collecting the tweets to create a record that historians and other researchers can use for future…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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