Nightline Preps Show for Twitter Followers

NEW YORK: ABC News’s Nightline is launching a new half-hour digital show in which viewers will be able to discuss the issues of the day via Twitter.

NightTline, hosted by the show’s anchors and correspondents, aims to provide a forum for viewers to simultaneously discuss and debate the news of the day, using Twitter. It will be available on abcnews.go.com/Nightline and on the 24-hour digital channel ABC News NOW. Visualization of Twitter using Pixel touch screen technology will be employed. The series kicks off tomorrow at 12:30 p.m.

“Nightline has been a pioneer in its embrace of Twitter,” said James Goldston, Nightline’s executive producer. “This new collaboration provides an ideal venue for news and Twitter enthusiasts alike.”