‘Liza Minnelli Outlives’: The Story Behind the Controversial Social Media Account
If, like me, you’re “I saw the plane hit the second tower live on TV” years old, you know we don’t get news the way we used to. Instead of radio and morning news, we hear breaking stories via social media or our friends linking to social media.
The fastest cowboy in social media news land isn’t The New York Times or even the Associated Press. It’s none other than @LizaMinnelliOutlives on Twitter. When I awoke on this fine Tuesday, the first thing I did was check the LizaOutlives account. Sure enough, they broke the news of Kamala Harris’ vice president pick, even before Pop Crave (one minute before).
@LizaMinnelliOutlives also beat Pop Crave to the punch for the Sunday afternoon Biden withdrawal announcement (again by one minute). I spoke with publicist (and former Minnelli employee) Scott Gorenstein, the man behind the legendary account, about how he gets us the news so fast and why he does so via Liza.