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Before Musk picked Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, she challenged him on policies, and his own tweets

Before Musk picked Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, she challenged him on policies, and his own tweets

On Yaccarino's pressure, Musk acknowledged that feedback is important, and suggested Twitter should aim for a 'sensible middle ground'

By DAVID HAMILTON
Published - May 13, 2023, 02:37 PM ET
Last Updated - Jul 18, 2023, 03:29 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — On Friday, Elon Musk announced that NBC Universal's Linda Yaccarino will serve as the new CEO of Twitter. Yaccarino is a longtime advertising executive credited with integrating and digitizing ad sales at NBCU. Her challenge now will be to woo back advertisers that have fled Twitter since Musk acquired it last year for $44 billion.

Since taking ownership, Musk has fired thousands of Twitter employees, largely scrapped the trust-and-safety team responsible for keeping the site free of hate speech, harassment and misinformation, and blamed others — particularly mainstream media organizations, which he views as untrustworthy "competitors" to Twitter for ad dollars — for exaggerating Twitter's problems.

In April, the two met for an on-stage conversation at a marketing convention in Miami Beach, Florida. Here are some highlights of their conversation:

Sparring over content moderation

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