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WSJ What’s News

NBCUniversal Ad Chief in Talks to Lead Twitter

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for May 12. Linda Yaccarino is in talks to succeed Elon Musk as the next CEO of Twitter, according to people familiar with the situation. WSJ tech reporter Sam Schechner explains what the potential leadership change would mean for the social-media company. Plus, markets digest fresh regional banking jitters. And the Journal’s James Marson on how Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to aiding Ukraine is being received in Kyiv. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:19.0

Crypto trading involves risk of loss.

0:22.0

Pandemic era, US border measures expire.

0:30.0

Plus a looming leadership shakeup at Twitter, yet more regional bank jitters,

0:36.0

and Donald Trump refuses to commit to aiding Ukraine, adding more pressure ahead of an expected offensive by Kiev.

0:44.0

That's going to be concerning for Ukraine for sure that in 80 months time they could be facing a different kind of leadership

0:51.0

in Washington that may not give them the same level of backing that they have enjoyed from the Biden administration.

0:57.0

It's Friday, May 12th. I'm Luke Vargas with The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News,

1:04.0

the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:14.0

All eyes are on the US Southern border this morning,

1:18.0

hours after the expiration of pandemic era immigration restrictions.

1:23.0

Thousands of migrants crossed into the US before midnight in anticipation of harsher immigration rules.

1:30.0

However, there were no immediate reports of a rush of migrants at legal ports of entry or elsewhere, which authorities had feared.

1:38.0

The Biden administration has said that it will quickly deport most migrants entering the US illegally,

1:44.0

either back to their home countries or to Mexico, which has agreed to take up to 30,000 deportees a month from Haiti,

1:52.0

Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba.

1:55.0

Mexican officials said they are expecting the US to send back about 1,000 migrants from those countries today alone.

2:02.0

We are exclusively reporting that NBC Universal's head of advertising Linda Yaccarino is in talks to become the next CEO of Twitter.

2:12.0

That is after Elon Musk tweeted yesterday that he'd hired his replacement.

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