Main Topic: The operational autonomy of Twitter's CEO under Elon Musk and the company's push to win back advertisers.
Key Points:
1. Twitter's CEO, Linda Yaccarino, has operational autonomy to run the business while Elon Musk focuses on the company's products and long-term vision.
2. Yaccarino aims to evolve Twitter into an "everything app" with features like payment processing and video calls without the need for a phone number.
3. Twitter has made efforts to win back advertisers, including introducing "adjacency controls" to allow advertisers to avoid being associated with certain keywords and handles. However, reports suggest that advertiser retention and U.S. advertising revenue have declined.
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X held its first all-hands meeting to mark the year since Elon Musk's takeover, but both Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino were absent from the X headquarters, defying Musk's previous crackdown on remote work.
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