Ask HN: Twitter in the news: is this all PR?
Twitter was just on access hollywood. It's freaking everywhere now. How much of this Twitter media blitz is paid for with the recent round of funding?
They tell people about it because they like it. They probably like it for reasons that are different than normal people.
They want to maintain relevance as celebrities. Twitter is a way to do that.
Almost every major radio station here in southern California, ie KISS FM and POWER 106, encourage their users to follow them on Twitter. The other day, I was watching the Martha Stewart show, don't ask why, and she mentioned her Twitter account, asked how many had an account, and encouraged all who did and didn't to follow her. This morning I'm watching the Today show, and one of the anchors mentions Twitter and how it's blowing up. This, on top of the fact that many big time celebrities are using the service, has definitely convinced me that Twitter is here to stay, at the very least, as a wildly successful media tool.