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He said useful for the media. You know, the catchall term for content publishers whose stock in trade is the soundbite, and the traditional outlets of which are getting their lunch eaten by the newer "blogger" type that makes their living by being 10 minutes quicker with a scoop? If you reflect on it for a moment you can probably figure out how Twitter is useful in this kind of world. However if you're having trouble, just search Arrington's and Scoble's archives from 2007 and 2008 and you will get more explanation than you could ever desire or probably tolerate.