Twitter is No. 1 for social shopping, teens say

Twitter directors are lined up for a big payday | LinkedIn enhances mobile offerings as traffic surges | LinkedIn's iOS e-mail extension raises security concerns Created for tweetbroker.social@blogger.com |  Web Version   October 24, 2013 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF        SIGN UP | FORWARD | ARCHIVE | ADVERTISE Today's Buzz Sponsored By Twitter directors are lined up for a big payday Twitter's external directors will get up to $16 million in cash and stock in their first year with the company, and up to $8 million a year thereafter, according to filings made by the company. That's far more than the $50,000 a year received by most of Facebook's directors. "Serving as an outside director at Twitter is shaping up to be a sweet gig," Scott Thurm writes. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model)/Digits blog (10/23) Share:      Want to Get Real Results From Your Virtual Classrooms? 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