Twitter CEO on keeping Twitter civil
In an interview with the New York Times’ Farhad Manjoo, Dick Costolo, Twitter’s CEO, described the fine line the company has to walk when it comes to dealing with online abuse. Costolo recently sent an...
View ArticleQuoted: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo stays course, says he has board’s support
“The board and I are aligned, that’s the only thing that matters.” — Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, in response to recurring questions about whether he’s on the hot seat. In an interview on CNBC’s...
View ArticleTwitter investor Chris Sacca and shareholders give advice to company
Twitter’s shareholders didn’t only have questions, but also a few pointers for the social media company on Wednesday. Hours before Twitter executives answered questions at its annual shareholders...
View ArticleSnoop Dogg wants to be Twitter’s next CEO
The shock of Dick Costolo stepping down as CEO of Twitter has quickly been replaced by speculation as to who might lead it next. Interim CEO Jack Dorsey has sidestepped questions about whether he wants...
View ArticleTwitter’s CEO front-runner rumors center on internal candidates
Rumors swirling about front-runners for the job as Twitter’s new CEO have centered on executives who are already working for the company. One of the names that have been floated around as a possible...
View ArticleTwitter’s ‘Project Lightning’ could make it easier to follow events
Watch out for a lightning bolt icon on Twitter this year. Twitter plans to launch a new feature that will allow people on the site, even if they’re not logged into their accounts, to see a collection...
View ArticleQuoted: Dick Costolo on Twitter, Wall Street and short-term thinking
“You always want to keep focused on the long-term vision, yet when you go public you’re on a 90-day cadence and there’s a very public voting machine of the stock price that accelerates that short-term...
View ArticleTwitter’s Communications Chief Gabriel Stricker steps down amid leadership...
Another high-ranking Twitter executive is leaving the flock. Twitter’s Chief Communications Officer Gabriel Stricker, who joined the company in 2012 from Google, confirmed on the microblogging site...
View ArticleTwitter names PepsiCo CFO and Martha Lane Fox to board in another leadership...
The leadership shake-up at Twitter isn’t over just yet. As the social media company struggles to attract new users and compete for more ad dollars, Twitter isn’t just hiring new executives but changing...
View ArticleAbuse on Twitter is a ‘fundamental feature,’ report says
Why does Twitter have an ongoing abuse problem? Its commitment to free speech since its very beginning, plus the pressure to grow the number of users, have overshadowed efforts to curtail the abuse on...
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