2nd UPDATE:Elon Muskhas officially namedLinda YaccarinoasTwitters new CEO.
I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter!, Musk tweeted Friday.
@LindaYacc will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology.
Linda Yaccarino in MarchCindy Ord/Getty Images for The Female Quotient
Looking forward to working with Linda to transform this platform into X, the everything app.
I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter!
Hell report to Mark Lazarus, the chairman of NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.
Yaccarino has been with the company for 12 years.
Elon Musk announced on Thursday that he was handing over the reins as CEO to an unnamed figure.
TheWall Street Journalsreporton the hiring Thursday evening raised eyebrows and hackles over its timing.
NBCU and Twitter soon thereafter revelaed a major renewal of their ad partnership surrounding the Olympics.
Twitters communications apparatus has been dismantled since Musks $44 billion takeover.
The official press email address for general inquiries has recently been set to automatically reply with a poop emoji.
Musk has fired most of the companys workers and opened the throttle on content many brands find objectionable.
At the time of the takeover, Twitter was making more than 90% of its money from ads.
She will be starting in ~6 weeks!
More than 57% voted yes.
Ted Johnson contributed to this report.
