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Outgoing Twitter CEO: going public caused ‘short-term thinking’
Dick Costolo is on his way out as Twitter CEO, and in one of his final interviews he admitted that going public was a barrier to the company’s “long-term vision”. […]
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What is Snapchat anyway? Its CEO explains
Whoever filmed Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel for his latest video could have done with focusing – it’s a bit fuzzy. Interesting, though: it’s an attempt by Spiegel to explain ‘what […]
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Twitter CEO steps down. Snoop Dogg steps up?
Dick Costolo, the CEO of Twitter, is stepping down from his role in he coming weeks. Jack Dorsey, the network’s co-founder, will act as interim CEO until a permanent replacement […]
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Apple’s Tim Cook tears into rivals over privacy
Apple CEO Tim Cook has given his most direct speech yet criticising rivals (particularly Google) on privacy grounds. “I’m speaking to you from Silicon Valley, where some of the most […]
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New Vevo boss: ‘There is so much more that we can do with it’
As predicted, former BBC and Intel executive Erik Huggers is the new CEO of Vevo, replacing founder Rio Caraeff who departed at the end of 2014. In an interview, Huggers […]
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Google’s future: ‘We’re in a bit of uncharted territory’
Music isn’t mentioned in the Financial Times’ latest interview with Google CEO Larry Page, but it’s a worthwhile read for anyone wanting to understand some of the driving forces behind […]
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Rhapsody has a CEO at last. Well, an interim one…
Ever since Rhapsody launched as a standalone company in 2010 after being a RealNetworks subsidiary, it hasn’t had an official CEO, although Jon Irwin was its figurehead as president until […]
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Microsoft appoints new CEO who’ll ‘zero in’ on mobile and the cloud
After a lengthy candidate-scrutinising process, Microsoft has a new boss: Satya Nadella, who was promoted from within from his role as the company’s boss of cloud and enterprise services
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Twitter targets retail, hires former Ticketmaster CEO
Nathan Hubbard, former Ticketmaster CEO, has been appointed as the new head of commerce at Twitter as the social platform looks to monetise itself more explicitly.
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Viddy looks for new CEO to actually make money
Viddy was one of the social video-sharing apps that made waves on the app stores in 2011, even if its popularity has waned hugely from its peak – 31m monthly active users in May 2012, but less than 1m now.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook gives wide-ranging interview
On-the-record interviews by Apple CEO Tim Cook are as rare as hen’s teeth, so Business Week’s long Q&A is getting plenty of attention today.
