A woman to lead Twitter in six weeks as Elon Musk hints at CEO hiring

Elon Musk is in talks to hire Linda Yaccarino, the chair of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal, as CEO of Twitter, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

The talks are at an advanced stage, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the conversations are confidential. Yaccarino has been in discussions with Musk for weeks, they said. Last month, Yaccarino interviewed Musk onstage at an advertising event in Miami.
Musk had said earlier Thursday that he had selected a CEO for Twitter but did not identify the executive. In a tweet, he said “she will be starting in ~6 weeks!” He added that he would remain involved as executive chair and “CTO,”