Biz Stone Leaves Twitter

Forbes list includes Digg, Twitter, TechCrunch, Mashable founders

(NEWSER) - When it comes to Internet celebrity, Perez Hilton tops the list. The gossip blogger excels in all of Forbes ' criteria, including hits on Google, page views, media saturation, and Twitter followers. Each person on the list must be famous primarily for their Web presence. Herewith, the rest of the top 5 of the top 25:

2. Michael Arrington: The corporate lawyer is also the founder of widely read tech blog TechCrunch. "A mere mention of a company on its pages can make or break a startup."

Gen. McChrystal, Zach Galifianakis, and the Twitter guys make her list

(NEWSER) - Meghan McCain has been weighing in on intriguing people all year, right? Maverick Junior takes a crack at the year's most intriguing, dipping into both the entertainment and political worlds.

• McCain kicks things off with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the US commander in Afghanistan who has "the courage to keep national attention on the conflict without alienating the president."
• The name Kathryn Bigelow might not ring a bell, but it will if the Hurt Locker director—and James Cameron's ex-wife—wins an Oscar.

'We want to have as large an impact as possible'

(NEWSER) - Evan Williams and Biz Stone thought they were starting a podcasting company; its quirky messaging service was just a sideshow. Now, Twitter is the main event, and that's an understatement. “It took us a while to figure out that it really was a big deal,” says Williams in a Wall Street Journal interview with the pair. They don't tip their hands on business plans but aren't shy about their ambitions. "We want to have as large an impact as possible," says Williams. More»

Dick Costolo will head day-to-day operations

(NEWSER) - Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams is relinquishing leadership of the microblogging site to COO Dick Costolo, reports the Wall Street Journal . "Building things is my passion," Williams offers as explanation for the move, adding that he asked Colstolo to take over. Adds Costolo, recently "it became clear to everybody that Ev's got to be able to focus on product strategy." The move also comes as Twitter looks to reap some sort of profitability out of its explosive growth. More»

Revamped site makes it easier to view multimedia content

(NEWSER) - Twitter has unveiled the first major redesign of its homepage in the site's four-year history. The relaunched site, which will be rolled out to users over the next few weeks, will give tweeters a better, faster experience, say execs. The new site is split into two panes, with the second one featuring multimedia content that users can now view without navigating away from the main view of tweets, CNET reports. More»