Twitter Sees Two Key Ad-Related Executives Depart

Two Scots journalists held in a detention centre “like an open sewer” have begged the international ­community to rescue 101 refugees, including children, still there.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Linda Yaccarino, who has taken over the role of CEO at Elon Musk’s Twitter, sent out her first communication to the social network’s employees Monday. In her 320-word memo, Yaccarino, who jumped ship from NBCUniversal to join Twitter, didn’t spell out specifically how she plans to run Twitter’s operations or what the vision for “Twitter 2.0” is. Instead, she borrowed some of the talking points of her boss, who has previously described Twitter as “the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated.” “From space exploration to electric vehicles, Elon knew these industries needed transformation, so he did it,” Yaccarino wrote in the memo. “More recently it has become increasingly clear that the global town square needs transformation — to drive civilization forward through the unfiltered exchange of information and open dialogue about the things that matter most to us.”

Linda Yaccarino, whose jump from a longtime exec perch at NBCUniversal to CEO of Twitter on the eve of the upfronts last month still has the industry abuzz, posted a thread to explain the motivation behind the move.

The heartbroken friends of a man who tragically died in a moped crash just hours after arriving in Turkey on his first foreign holiday are desperately fundraising to bring his body home.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo has been officially confirmed for a second season.Astory, the production company behind Extraordinary Attorney Woo, recently confirmed to JTBC News and Dispatch that it has signed a contract with series writer Moon Ji-won to work on a second season of the hit K-drama.However, Astory also noted that potentially lengthy production time for Extraordinary Attorney Woo, citing Moon’s prior commitments. The screenwriter is currently set to make her directorial debut with the upcoming film Deaf Boys, which is scheduled to begin shooting next year.“Because Moon Ji-won is currently busy with the preparations for her film, she will not be able to write the script right away,” explained ASTORY, as translated by Soompi.

Manchester City players met with children injured in the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake - even in the nerve-wracking days ahead of their historic match as they trained for the historic Champions League final.

the mass exit of advertisers and users and a disturbing rise in hate speech. “I don’t think he’s dialed it in quite right, yet,” Williams told Chang.

New York Times. The presentation noted that falling short of weekly sales projections was a regular occurrence.Twitter’s ad sales staff attributed the lacking figures to multiple causes, including gambling and marijuana ads, as well as an uptick in hate speech and pornography on the platform.

Taylor Sheridan and will be a Paramount+ original. Dickey, a character actress best known for her roles in “Hell or High Water” and “My Name Is Earl,” will star as Widow Dolliver, an old woman a press release for the series describes as someone “who has seen it all, and who does not waste time suffering fools.” Brings Plenty (“Yellowstone”) will portray one of Bass Reeves’ friends, a Choctaw Native American by the name of Minco Dodge. Morohunfola (“Run the World,” “The Chi”) will play a former Union solider-turned-prisoner known as Jackson “Jackrabbit” Cole.

The hotly-anticipated tenth series of ITV's Love Island kicks off tonight with a huge new twist as, for the first time ever, both boys and girls will enter the Villa. Upping the ante further, it's later revealed Islanders Ella Thomas, 23, and Tyrique Hyde, 24, already know each other. Ruchee Gurung, 24, and Jess Harding, 22, are the first Islanders to arrive in style at the sprawling Spanish villa.

More details have emerged about the encounters between two alleged Greater Manchester gang bosses in Dubai.

the statement reads. “In addition to the changes on the platform that have led to an increase in hate speech, Musk himself has doubled down on dangerous anti-democratic lies and white nationalist hate speech.”B&J then says the platform is now a “threatening and even dangerous” place for women, the gay community, Jewish and Muslim people, racial minorities, and many other groups.“Musk and Twitter’s toxicity and tacit endorsement of hate and violence goes against everything our company stands for,” the post concludes.

Today Show may be consistent in that they have been on the air every morning since its inception in 1952, but they are not afraid to switch things up!The beloved NBC morning talk show is always keeping their loyal fans and viewers on their toes, from transforming the set to transforming their very own hosts, plus every now and then, when one or more of the longtime hosts have to be away either on assignment or with family, the network makes sure their roles are covered with a great replacement. Such was the case on the Thursday, June 1 installment of the show, which had not one but two mainstay hosts away from the news desk.

Twitter is worth only about one-third of what Elon Musk and 19 co-investors paid to acquire it last fall, according to a new disclosure by one of its investors.

A heartbroken family have paid tribute to a mum-of-three who died after collapsing on holiday in Turkey.

A young mum of three who collapsed on holiday with swelling on her brain and heart is clinically dead with no chance of recovery, her family has said.

Matt Damon isn’t picking sides in the summer movie season’s biggest battle.

Elon Musk basically confirmed today that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to announce his candidacy for the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Twitter tomorrow in an interview with the platform’s owner himself.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Social media has been having a field day with “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” ever since it was revealed that Universal and Warner Bros. would be opening the two tentpoles on the same day: July 21. Adding drama to the rivalry is the fact that Nolan left Warner Bros. after a two-decade partnership and made “Oppenheimer” at Universal, only for Warner Bros. to then set its Greta Gerwig-directed tentpole for release on the same day as Nolan’s atomic bomb drama.  “This is the first I’m hearing about it, actually. I haven’t paid any attention to that,” Matt Damon recently told Vanity Fair after learning about the social media debates over which film fans will see first on opening night. “People are allowed to go see two movies in a weekend. ‘Oppenheimer’ is one of them!”

New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is acknowledging the impending competition coming her way this summer as Instagram works on a text-based app.