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Why did Linda Yaccarino quit as CEO of X?

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

At 1:51 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, X owner Elon Musk tweeted, “Never a dull moment on this platform.”

You can say that again.

Musk tweeted that hours before his hand-picked CEO for X, Linda Yaccarino, announced she was leaving the company after two years, capping off yet another topsy-turvy 24 hours for the controversial social media platform.

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