{"id":10999,"date":"2023-06-21T13:04:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T13:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=10999"},"modified":"2023-06-21T13:04:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T13:04:40","slug":"who-is-linda-yaccarino-elon-musks-pick-for-new-twitter-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=10999","title":{"rendered":"Who is Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk\u2019s pick for new Twitter CEO?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“Yaccarino is a seasoned media executive who could help repair Twitter\u2019s relationship with its advertisers, many of whom have quit or cut back<\/a> from the platform recently because of Musk\u2019s perceived volatility. She has a reputation for being a tough negotiator and was key in the launch of NBCUniversal\u2019s digital Peacock streaming service, according to the Wall Street Journal<\/a>. She\u2019s also a known Trump supporter, according to sources. In the past few months, Yaccarino has publicly praised Musk, and she interviewed him at a major advertising conference<\/a> in April \u2014 paving her way, in the eyes of media insiders, to take on the role.”
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“if you think that means the Elon-Twitter story is over, don\u2019t hold your breath. Musk is still very much in control. He will still be the owner of Twitter. Unless he sells the company \u2014 or a controlling share of it \u2014 he\u2019s the one calling the shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much power he gives Yaccarino is entirely at Musk\u2019s discretion.”
https:\/\/www.vox.com\/technology\/2023\/5\/11\/23720327\/elon-musk-new-twitter-ceo-linda-yaccarino<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Yaccarino is a seasoned media executive who could help repair Twitter\u2019s relationship with its advertisers, many of whom have quit or cut back from the platform recently because of Musk\u2019s perceived volatility. She has a reputation for being a tough negotiator and was key in the launch of NBCUniversal\u2019s digital Peacock streaming service, according to the Wall Street Journal. She\u2019s also a known Trump supporter, according to sources. In the past few months, Yaccarino has publicly praised Musk, and she interviewed him at a major advertising conference in April \u2014 paving her way, in the eyes of media insiders, to take on the role.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“if you think that means the Elon-Twitter story is over, don\u2019t hold your breath. Musk is still very much in control. He will still be the owner of Twitter. Unless he sells the company \u2014 or a controlling share of it \u2014 he\u2019s the one calling the shots.
\nHow much power he gives Yaccarino is entirely at Musk\u2019s discretion.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1598,328,327],"class_list":["post-10999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-elon-musk","tag-social-media","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11000,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10999\/revisions\/11000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}