Musk Taps NBCUniversal Executive Yaccarino as New Twitter CEO

NBCUniversal Global Advertising Chair Linda Yaccarino will be Twitter’s CEO starting this summer, Elon Musk announced Friday. Musk said he will transition to executive chairman and chief technology officer and oversee product design and new technology. Yaccarino, who has worked at NBCUniversal for almost 12 years, will focus on business operations, said Musk.