New Twitter CEO is former NBCUniversal exec Linda Yaccarino

Months after Elon Musk ran a Twitter poll in which the platform’s users voted for him to step down, we now know just who Twitter’s new CEO is going to be.On Friday, Musk confirmed reports that the new CEO for Twitter – technically, X Corp. now – is going to be former head of advertising at NBCUniversal, Linda Yaccarino. NBCUniversal confirmed her departure from the company just hours before Musk announced the Twitter news.”I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter!” Musk tweeted. “@LindaYacc will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology. Looking forward to working with Linda to transform this platform into X, the everything app.” Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) Musk tweeted just yesterday that he had finally hired a new CEO for the company. However, at the time, he did not disclose exactly who it was. His use of pronouns in his tweet, though, gave a hint that Twitter’s new CEO would be a woman.Some, like longtime tech reporter Kara Swisher, rightly guessed Yaccarino was the likely candidate. Hours later, the Wall Street Journal confirmed that Yaccarino was in talks to take on the role.For those unfamiliar with her, Yaccarino interviewed Musk last month at a major advertiser event where Twitter’s owner attempted to woo brands back to the platform. Half of Twitter’s largest advertisers ended their ad campaigns when Musk took over the platform and have not come back….New Twitter CEO is former NBCUniversal exec Linda Yaccarino