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Most Expensive Tweets

Kim Kardashian can now command $10,000 per post on Twitter. Isabel Wilkinson on how advertising is manipulating the social-networking site. Plus, which stars’ tweets are worth the most?

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Number of followers: 2,795,369

Value per Tweet: $10,000 and up

Famous followers: Demi Moore, Reggie Bush, Jennifer Lopez, Lamar Odom, Tyra Banks, Kimora Lee Simmons, Cash Warren, Ellen DeGeneres, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Ryan Seacrest

Typical Tweet: West Coast...Keeping Up With The Kardashians is on NOW!

Since her first tweet in March 2009, the middle Kardashian daughter and E! personality has sent dozens of messages in 140 characters or less per day, responding to fans and promoting weight-loss products like Quick Trim and her Fit in Your Jeans by Friday DVDs. She may have lost some of her famous tush, but none of her shameless promotion.

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Number of followers: 1,998,785

Value per Tweet: $10,000 and up

Famous followers: Wyclef Jean, Marlon Wayans, Carmelo Anthony

Typical Tweet: This life we live is so beautiful

After self-publishing his debut hit “Crank That” on YouTube and subsequently generating the biggest dance craze since the Macarena, then-18-year-old rapper Soulja Boy took his fan base to Twitter in October 2008. Though he hasn’t quite been able to duplicate the success of his first release that gave a whole new meaning to the term “superman,” Soulja Boy has maintained his notoriety with his hundreds of self-referential Kanye West-like caps lock and exclamatory tweets that followers can read each week.

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Number of followers: 1,832,536

Value per Tweet: $10,000 and up

Famous followers: Tila Tequila, Billy Bush, Tom Arnold, Eliza Dushku, Alyssa Milano

Typical Tweet: Loving this Sonos thing. I'll never listen to a CD again

Besides signing on to host VH1’s Celebrity Rehab in 2008, Dr. Drew also joined Twitter. But instead of giving sex advice to faceless voices or voiceless on-screen avatars, Pinsky spends his days—when he does tweet at all—not so subtly name-dropping Sonos music systems and Gogo’s in-flight Wi-Fi.

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Number of followers: 1,485,813

Value per Tweet: $7,000-$10,000

Famous followers: Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie, John Mayer, Adam Lambert, Adam Levine, Lauren Conrad, Sarah Silverman, Pete Wentz, Ellen DeGeneres,

Typical Tweet: Sometimes when I smoke somewhere I shouldn't I get nervous that the CSI team will find my butt and prosecute me. Other times I don't care.

DJ Samantha Ronson has only been tweeting since March 2009 and already has nearly five times as many followers as her famous former girlfriend, Lindsay Lohan. Between bantering with The Office’s Mindy Kaling and friend Nicole Richie, Ronson typically suggests a “new song of the day” and plugs her deejaying gigs at various clubs throughout the country and abroad. With the click of a button, Ronson can guarantee to up any guest list.

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Number of followers: 1,400,777

Value per Tweet: $7,000-$10,000

Famous followers: Tom Cruise, Andy Dick, Tom Arnold

Typical Tweet: I actually heard someone calling their dog at the dog park... "Yowza!! Come here, Yowza!!" Made me happy.

Self-proclaimed Twitter DILF Greg Grunberg, who plays a telepathic police officer Matt Parkman on NBC’s Heroes, could not have predicted his immense following when he joined Twitter in late 2008. Grunberg became one of the show’s biggest successes, launching the Yowza iPhone application that he tweets about multiple times a day.

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Number of followers: 861,701

Value per Tweet: $5,000- $10,000

Famous followers: Nicole Richie, Serena Williams, Reggie Bush, Lamar Odom, Haylie Duff, Kelly Osbourne, Perez Hilton, Ryan Seacrest, Kourtney Kardashian,

Typical Tweet: I've gotten lots of tweets today from people saying they bought Quick Trim. Who else from my Twitter fam has started the Quick Trim diet?!??

Khloe Kardashian typically fall into three categories: the Los Angeles Lakers (for whom her husband, Lamar Odom, plays), Quick Trim (which she endorses), and the Kardashian family itself. Known for her curvy figure, Kardashian took to Twitter in April of this past year and has since sent out nearly 3,000 tweets. Whether she’s commenting on her husband’s team, not so shrewdly telling her followers about a certain weight-loss supplement, or offering a play-by-play of her family’s E! shows, Kardashian isn’t afraid to sell herself in 140 characters or less.

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Number of followers: 838,218

Value per Tweet: $5,000- $10,000

Famous followers: Brody Jenner, Perez Hilton, Whitney Port, Nicole Richie, Samantha Ronson, Stephanie Pratt, Audrina Patrdige, Ryan Seacrest

Typical Tweet: Just left the gym... Can't feel my legs.

After leaving The Hills, she joined Twitter in 2009 conveniently just before the release of her first novel, LA Candy. Conrad keeps her fans up-to-date daily, posting pictures of her dog, promoting her books, and mentioning the names of her sponsors or those she may hope would give her an endorsement—“Just picked up some amazing French Connection dresses :-)”

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Number of followers: 762,738

Value per Tweet: $5,000- $10,000

Famous followers: Lindsay Lohan, Kelly Osbourne, Lamar Odom, Reggie Bush, Khloe Kardashian, Ryan Seacrest

Typical Tweet: ahh..finally home relaxing.best thing ever is being home in bed when it's pouring outside.i luv the sound of rain!what movie should i watch?

Of all the Kardashians, oldest sister Kourtney has the fewest followers on Twitter, which could be traced to her lack of a Quick Trim endorsement. Though she has used the venue to promote Body Factory smoothies and her many belly-bursting spreads in Life & Style and OK!, her quandaries about which movies to watch or takeout to order actually seem quite innocent and product placement-free.

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Number of followers: 638,385

Value per Tweet: $5,000- $10,000

Famous followers: Ryan Cabrera, Wilmer Valderrama, Heidi Montag, Stephanie Pratt, Lo Bosworth, Kendra Wilkinson, Ellen DeGeneres, Ryan Seacrest

Typical Tweet: my bed has never felt so comfortable!!.... so excited to sleep in!

When The Hills star isn’t filming her own reality, she’s apparently tweeting about it, watching it on TV, referencing clubs where she’s hosting a party (hint hint), tweeting at Ryan Cabrera, or spending time with fellow reality-TV star Kendra Wilkinson.

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Number of followers: 477,201

Value per Tweet: $5,000- $10,000

Famous followers: Audrina Patridge, Holly Madison, Perez Hilton, Bridget Marquardt

Typical Tweet: Has everyone seen my latest OK! feature with the little guy!?!?!?? Just posted it on my blog :-)

There seem to be very few things on former Girls Next Door star Kendra Wilkinson’s mind—her son, her husband, and her appearances on various tabloid covers. Whether she’s offering followers the release date of her new show on DVD or directing them to the magazine she’s appearing in, subtlety is not what the onetime Playboy centerfold is known for.

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Number of followers: 436,711

Value per Tweet: $5,000-10,000

Famous followers: Reggie Bush, Lauren Conrad, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Ryan Seacrest

Typical Tweet: Today I feel like a new man :)

Much like his castmates on The Hills, Brody Jenner entered the Twitterverse a little over a year ago, often affirming what fans already know about him: He’s a huge football fan and he likes to party. Amid his standard daily tweets about surfing, traveling, and watching football, he unsubtly throws in movie promos. For those interested in his lavish lifestyle, and the films he hasn’t seen but says followers should see, tune in. He’ll definitely keep you posted on how the Chargers are doing, and what the temperature is in “NYS”– we think you mean NYC, Brody.

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Number of followers: 312, 651

Value per Tweet: $5,000-10,000

Famous followers: Khloe Kardashian, Stephanie Pratt, Jonathan Cheban, Lauren Conrad, Perez Hilton

Typical Tweet: getting my (fat) butt back to spin class. groan.

Since high school, Lo Bosworth’s claim to fame has been none other than living her life on reality-TV shows with the likes of Lauren Conrad and Audrina Partridge. For those who haven’t seen enough, the star has been tweeting for the last year and a half about her dedication to spin classes, date nights, movie nights, and watching her partake in all these activities on The Hills—but less about the series and more about the food she is eating (and how her stomach feels afterward).

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Number of followers: 189,739

Value per Tweet: $5,000-10,000 immediately

Famous followers: Deepak Copra, Tyrese, Khloe Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Rob Kardashian, Ryan Seacrest

Typical Tweet: HI Twitterbugs!! I have been silent long enough!! Everyone go buy OK magazine to get the OFFICIAL scoop on khloe and Lamar's wedding!!

Most known for her relations to famous people—ex-husband Robert Kardashian, current husband Bruce Jenner, and of course her infamous daughters– Keeping Up With the Kardashians mom Kris Jenner has been making a new voice for herself on Twitter, cheering on her children (or living vicariously through them), and talking about the likes of Italian cooking, her favorite songs, and the new “bestselling” product Kim and Kourtney are promoting, Quick Trim.

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Number of followers: 168,851

Value per Tweet: $5,000-10,000

Famous followers: Jenna Jameson, Warren Sapp, Robin Leach, Kerry Rhodes, Mario Barrett, Omarion

Typical Tweet: Message to all the girls passing my hotel window right now: its not a walk of shame... Its a stride of pride!

The former star of P. Diddy’s girl group Danity Kane didn’t exactly make her mark on the music world, but she certainly wasn’t forgotten either. Since May 2008, the sultry singer has been posting nearly nude photos of herself on her Twitter page, responding to what she says is by “POPULAR demand” of her tweets, and sharing details of dates with her man, nights with her babies, and random restaurants and movies followers should “absolutely” check out. But it’s hard to take O’Day seriously when those words are next to a picture of her bare, recently tanned bottom.

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Number of followers: 1,345,345

Value per Tweet: $5,000-10,000

Famous followers: Barack Obama

Typical Tweet: no wonder we got health care for christmas. the liberals left santa a glass of soy milk and gluten-free cookies.

Some tune in to The Colbert Show for late-night entertainment, but the comedian keeps fans laughing 24/7 with ridiculous statements on his Twitter page—“got a contact high from snoop. i'm so hungry. sd;FJK;Asdkltm, sorry, just tried to eat my keyboard”—and is quick to remind people to watch his show, of course. When asked about his Twitter activity, Colbert coined a new term when saying that yes, he has “twatted,” and he even featured Biz Stone, Twitter’s co-founder, as a guest on his show.

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Number of followers: 51,147

Value per Tweet: Over $1,000-5,000

Famous followers: Fake Nikki Reed, Fake Stephanie Ritz, Fake Nick Frenkel, Fake Tom Sturridge

Typical Tweet: Day 127 of not washing my hair.

It may not be the real Rob Pattinson, but who would know if not for adding “fake” to his Twitter name? Fake Rob’s tweets are similar to what one imagines the Twilight heartthrob’s would be himself—i.e. “Need better disguise. Groucho Marx glasses are not working like I thought they would.”—but they come with a perk: He actually writes back. Thousands of fans follow the faker to get the inside scoop on what’s going on with the real celeb, and sites like PopWatch say he “is close enough to the real thing, if not better.”

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