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Viewpoints: How two pop culture Twitter accounts turned into the internet’s wire service

If you’ve spent any time on Instagram, Threads, or (especially) the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered a Pop Crave post. The odds are probably higher if you’re chronically online — and if you’re a younger stan of any particular celebrity, you might even be a regular consumer of its updates.

Describing itself as the “go-to source for everything pop culture,” the entertainment news website once called the “” has exploded in popularity since itfeaturing interviews with minor , , and photo galleries, and it’s been known to break pop culture news, publish exclusive promotion for and , and, in 2020, the results of the presidential election a full day before many of the country’s major newspapers, wire services, or networks. (Pop Crave cited Decision Desk HQ in its tweet, which has for election coverage.)

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