Rupert Murdoch's (maybe) farewell to Twitter is the end of an era

On Friday, the News Corp founder signed off the microblogging service, possibly for ever, thus ending his run of making news simply by stating his opinions

Another bitter blow for Twitter arrived on Friday as media baron Rupert Murdoch bid adieu to the microblogging service - or did he? On 4 March, the day of his wedding to actor-model Jerry Hall, Murdoch signed off thusly:

No more tweets for ten days or ever! Feel like the luckiest AND happiest man in world.