Linda Yaccarino Speaks Out on Twitter as New CEO of Social Platform

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Linda Yaccarino, the former head of ad sales at NBCUniversal, has been named as the new CEO of Twitter by owner Elon Musk. Yaccarino expressed her excitement to help bring Musk’s vision to Twitter and transform the business together. She will depart NBCUniversal immediately after serving as the company’s longtime head of ad sales. In a statement, Yaccarino said that it has been an absolute honor to be part of Comcast NBCUniversal and lead the most incredible team. Musk, who acquired Twitter last year for $44 billion, previously said that he would transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops when the new CEO started, but did not share a name at the time.

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