{"id":10007,"date":"2023-05-15T16:37:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/15\/the-velvet-hammer-who-is-twitters-new-ceo-and-can-she-fix-its-problems\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T16:37:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:37:54","slug":"the-velvet-hammer-who-is-twitters-new-ceo-and-can-she-fix-its-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/15\/the-velvet-hammer-who-is-twitters-new-ceo-and-can-she-fix-its-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Velvet Hammer\u2019: who is Twitter\u2019s new CEO and can she fix its problems?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Yaccarino is praised for understanding of advertisers \u2013 but Elon Musk must cede enough control<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see I have some new followers,\u201d said Linda Yaccarino, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lindayacc\/status\/1657534131788554240?s=20\">adding side-eyes and waving hand emojis to a tongue-in-cheek post<\/a> responding to the social media explosion that followed her unveiling as Twitter\u2019s new chief executive on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Still weeks away from taking up the role, Yaccarino, a respected media veteran known in advertising circles as the \u201cVelvet Hammer\u201d for her silky but tough negotiating style, has already had a taste of the shambolic corporate environment that has swept the platform since billionaire Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/oct\/28\/elon-musk-twitter-hate-speech-concerns-stock-exchange-deal\">bought it for $44bn last October<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/may\/15\/velvet-hammer-twitter-new-ceo-linda-yaccarino-elon-musk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/16101b67de1967204c0e09d8710ba6872e058b07\/0_75_3000_1800\/master\/3000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8503505e45534302b26bf17c6220ee14\" title=\"\u2018The Velvet Hammer\u2019: who is Twitter\u2019s new CEO and can she fix its problems?\" \/>Linda Yaccarino is praised for understanding of advertisers \u2013 but Elon Musk must cede enough control<br \/>\n\u201cI see I have some new followers,\u201d said Linda Yaccarino, adding side-eyes and waving hand emojis to a tongue-in-cheek post responding to the social media explosion that followed her unveiling as Twitter\u2019s new chief executive on Friday.<br \/>\nStill weeks away from taking up the role, Yaccarino, a respected media veteran known in advertising circles as the \u201cVelvet Hammer\u201d for her silky but tough negotiating style, has already had a taste of the shambolic corporate environment that has swept the platform since billionaire Elon Musk bought it for $44bn last October. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Yaccarino is praised for understanding of advertisers \u2013 but Elon Musk must cede enough control \u201cI see I have some new followers,\u201d said Linda Yaccarino, adding side-eyes and waving hand emojis to a tongue-in-cheek post responding to the social media explosion that followed her unveiling as Twitter\u2019s new chief executive on Friday. Still weeks &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/15\/the-velvet-hammer-who-is-twitters-new-ceo-and-can-she-fix-its-problems\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018The Velvet Hammer\u2019: who is Twitter\u2019s new CEO and can she fix its problems?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10007"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}