NBCUniversal has announced the departure of Linda Yaccarino, its Chairman of Global Advertising and Partnerships. The news comes amidst reports that Yaccarino has been in talks to become the CEO of Twitter, now known as X Corp., under Elon Musk's ownership. However, neither NBCUniversal News nor Yaccarino have confirmed these reports.
Twitter's current CEO, Elon Musk, revealed on Thursday that he had hired a new CEO but did not disclose their name. This announcement led to increased speculation about Yaccarino's potential involvement with Twitter.
During her tenure at NBCUniversal, Linda Yaccarino played a significant role in shaping the company's advertising strategies and partnerships. Mike Cavanagh, who currently runs NBCUniversal, expressed his gratitude for her leadership and wished her well in future endeavors.
Yaccarino was reportedly engaged in discussions with Musk for several weeks before leaving NBCUniversal. They were last seen together when she interviewed him during an advertising event held in Miami last month.
In response to recent events surrounding X Corp.'s leadership changes and rumors about the new CEO appointment shares of Tesla - another company owned by Musk - rose around 2% on Thursday following his announcement.
Elon Musk’s brief period as Twitter’s interim leader has been marked by chaos and unpredictability regarding various promises made that were either retracted or never followed up on. As part of this transition process from interim-CEO to executive chairman and chief technology officer (CTO) at Twitter/X Corp., it is expected that bringing in an experienced executive like Linda Yaccarino would help stabilize the social media platform moving forward.
The mystery woman appointed as the next CEO is set to take over approximately six weeks after Musk steps down from his current role according to one of his recent tweets.
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