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Not only that, but it's also a bit of a stretch to draw any connection between NewsCorp's stewardship of MySpace and Twitter's developer strategy. There is no r
by jonnathanson 14y ago
Not only that, but it's also a bit of a stretch to draw any connection between NewsCorp's stewardship of MySpace and Twitter's developer strategy. There is no real connection there.
Chernin is not going to be leading or planning developer-relations strategies for the platform. Most likely, to your point, he's going to be there to develop content and media partnerships. He's one of the most powerful and connected people in Hollywood, and has been for 30-something years now. That's the value he's bringing. He's not a tech guy, nor does Twitter need him to be.
Small, mildly embarrassing flub of a first tweet, but Dalton's drawing way too many far-out inferences from it.
- marshray 14y agoSerious question: Why does Twitter need people connected in Hollywood?
- pbreit 14y agoUh...because Hollywood is by far the biggest category of twitter traffic?
- marshray 14y agoBy what metric? Sorry, I know I'm being dense, I just don't see Hollywood stuff in my feed very often at all. And if Twitter is talking up Hollywood, doesn't that mean Hollywood needs Twitter more than Twitter needs a board member with connections into Hollywood?
- pyre 14y agoA lot of famous people are on Twitter and some have rather large followings. Many interact with their fans daily (rather than just pushing out announcements). I thought that this was one of the big draws that brought more average people to the platform. Not only this, but with respect to news media outlets, a number of their reporters/talking heads have active Twitter accounts. Also, just because Hollywood can benefit from Twitter doesn't mean that they are going to show up at their door begging for a deal.