Elon Musk has named former NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter's new CEO, as the company tries to reverse a plunge in ad revenue. Yaccarino will take over a social media platform beset with challenges and a heavy debt load after she spent several years modernizing the advertising business at
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Elon Musk found new Twitter CEO
Elon Musk announced on Thursday that he has found a new CEO for Twitter but did not identify the individual, while the Wall Street Journal claimed that Comcast NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino is in talks for the position. "Excited to announce that I've hired a new CEO for X/Twitter," Musk wrote in a tweet. She will begin in six weeks!"...
Twitter to soon allow calls, encrypted messaging
On Tuesday, Twitter Inc CEO Elon Musk revealed details about new features coming to the platform, including calls and encrypted messaging. Musk hinted at plans for 'Twitter 2.0 The Everything App' last year, promising encrypted direct messages (DMs), long-form tweets, and payments. “Coming soon ...
Several Twitter users logged out from desktop
Twitter desktop users were reportedly logged out of their accounts globally early Tuesday due to a bug on the microblogging platform. Several users took to Twitter (via mobile) to complain about being logged out of their desktop accounts at random. The Downdetector website also saw a significant...
Twitter restores blue ticks on several celeb accounts
In a surprising turn of events, Twitter has restored verification badges on several high-profile celebrity accounts with millions of followers, just days after the microblogging platform culled the legacy blue checkmark...
Twitter drops ‘govt-funded’ labels from media firms’ accounts
Twitter dropped the "Government-funded" and "China state-affiliated" labels, which implies government involvement in editorial content, from the accounts of various global media organizations, their profiles show...