In predicted and typical fashion, the "new" Twitter announcement is being praised as the greatest thing since sliced-bread. That's what happens in the tech business. People have the shiny-object syndrome. One of the most absurd comments came from Marion Maneker over at BNET, who essentially said that the "new" Twitter will do to cable news what the web did to newspapers.
I disagree. While it's evident that Twitter has changed the way news is shared, Maneker is comparing the evolution and impact of two completely different technologies. It's like comparing the impact the wheel had on transportation with the HOV lane. Apples and oranges.
While the addition of video and photos in the "new" Twitter will make a great addition, Twitter is a channel with limited usage. You don't have to by a rocket scientist to know that the number of people who use Twitter pales in comparison to the number of people who use the web worldwide.
I think the author is grabbing at straws and giving Twitter a little too much credit. The web as a whole is what's not only changing newspapers, but changing news consumption as a whole.