Elon Is Talking With NBCUniversal's Ad Chief About Being Twitter's CEO, Reports Say
Neither Musk nor Yaccarino have confirmed that she will be Twitter’s next CEO. On Friday, NBCU stated thatjust days before the company’s annual “Upfront” event, an ad sales event in New York City.
Gizmodo reached out to Twitter’s press office for comment on Friday morning but received the typical poop emoji in response. NBCU did not immediately respond to inquiries.According to the Journal, Yaccarino oversees about $13 billion in annual ad revenue for NBCU, which is well-beyond the that Twitter used to bring in before Musk’s acquisition. The NBCU executive has close relationships with marketers and advertising agencies and is known for her tough negotiating skills, the Journal reported.in Miami, where he tried to encourage advertisers to come back to the platform while also warning them to stop telling him what to do.“It’s totally cool to say that you want to have your advertising appear in certain places of Twitter and not in other places,” Musk.
Twitter’s advertising business has taken a hit since Musk took over the company last October, when he
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