Letterman Asks Spacey About "The Twitter"

Letterman's show: 3.7 million viewers of late. Tweeters following Kevin Spacey: 800,000 (including moi). Kevin trying to explain Twitter to Dave... Prioeless.

While Dave scoffs that The Twitter is a waste of time, the number of people following Kevin happens to equal 22% of Dave's nightly audience. 800,000 also happens to be the number of viewers separating Dave's ratings from Conan (now #2 in ratings for late night).

Music Platforms: the next big social thing

Twitter may be getting all the buzz as the new social networking thing...but I think 2009 is the year music platforms take off. I find Last.fm the most engaging of the social nets. Viacom/CBS bought Last.fm in 2007. A mere $280mm. Can't help but think that Viacom will merge this platform with MTV and VH1 and re-revolutionize the music scene.

If you're on Last.fm, check-out my playlists under the user name: bdaycarol. (title of a Todd Rundgren song).