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Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino logs first day in role
7Jun By adminNo Comments
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Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino logs first day in role

[ad_1] Twitter's new Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino has begun her role at the social media company, she tweeted late on Monday, about a month after Elon Musk named her as the new CEO."It happened — first day in the books!," she tweeted, without providing further details. Yaccarino, the former advertising chief at NBCUniversal, is taking over Twitter at a time when the social media platform has been trying to reverse a plunge in ad revenue. Musk, who has served as the CEO since his $44 billion buyout of Twitter last October, previously said that Yaccarino would help build an "everything app".Former NBCUniversal executive Joe Benarroch also joined Twitter on Monday. He oversaw communication strategy for the Comcast-owned company's Advertising and Partnerships division, reporting ...
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Elon Musk takes Executive Chair and CTO position at Twitter, hires new CEO
12May By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk takes Executive Chair and CTO position at Twitter, hires new CEO

[ad_1] Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, announced on Thursday that he has hired a new chief executive for Twitter. Musk did not disclose the name of the replacement but shared his excitement about the appointment, stating that the new CEO will begin in approximately six weeks. As part of the transition, Musk will take on the positions of Executive Chair and CTO, overseeing product development, software, and system operations. This move aims to alleviate concerns among Tesla investors who have expressed worries about Musk's extensive involvement in Twitter, diverting his attention from the electric vehicle company and SpaceX, the aerospace manufacturer he also leads. Following the news, Tesla's stock experienced a 2.4 percent surge in trading volume. In November, Musk had announced his intentio...
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TIMELINE: Musk to step down as Twitter CEO once he finds successor
22Dec By adminNo Comments
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TIMELINE: Musk to step down as Twitter CEO once he finds successor

[ad_1] Billionaire Elon Musk said he will step down as chief executive of Twitter Inc once he finds a replacement, but will still run some key divisions of the social media platform. Billionaire Elon Musk said he will step down as chief executive of Twitter Inc once he finds a replacement, but will still run some key divisions of the social media platform. The latest move by Musk, the head of electric-car maker Tesla Inc, comes after Twitter users voted decisively in a poll for him to step down as CEO of the microblogging platform. Below is a snapshot of Musk's moves in the Twitter takeover saga. April 4: Musk discloses over 9% stake in Twitter April 5: Twitter says Musk will join company's board April 10: Musk says he will not join Twitter board April 14: Musk offers $54.20/s...
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Elon Musk’s latest Twitter layoffs: Outsourced content moderators
14Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk’s latest Twitter layoffs: Outsourced content moderators

[ad_1] Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk is further gutting the teams that battle misinformation on the social media platform. Twitter's new owner Elon Musk is further gutting the teams that battle misinformation on the social media platform as outsourced moderators learned over the weekend they were out of a job.Twitter and other big social media firms have relied heavily on contractors to track hate and enforce rules against harmful content. But many of those content watchdogs have now headed out the door, first when Twitter fired much of its full-time workforce by email on Nov. 4 and now as it moves to eliminate an untold number of contract jobs. Melissa Ingle, who worked at Twitter as a contractor for more than a year, was one of a number of contractors who said they were terminated S...
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