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Twitter has been through it since Elon Musk took over. Advertisers have left. Hate

speeches on the rise and more than 80% of employees were laid off her

lift. With a new CEO will the social media platform make a comeback? And

PR Tech correspondent Derek Kerr joins us now. Derek thanks for being with us.

Hello Mr. Musk announced yesterday he's heard an ad exec from NBC Universal and

says she will focus on business operations. What do we know about her? Yeah so her

name is Linda Yekary now and she's had a long and conventional career in

advertising from Turner Broadcasting to NBC Universal and at NBC she rose to be

the head of all global advertising. She's known for her savvy and behind-the-scenes

power-brokering. And by choosing Yekaryno, Musk is signaling that he's looking

to placate Twitter's advertisers. They've fled the sites over the past few

months. And Yekaryno also appears to be a Musk super fan. I took a look through

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