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Twitter plans layoffs next week: Re/code

October 9, 2015 admin detained-at-its, dorsey, friday, its-corporate, kenes-on-friday, media-clampdown, news-comes, offices, people-gathered, the-offices, turkish, twitter, will-affect

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc is planning company-wide layoffs next week, technology news website Re/code reported on Friday, citing sources. The news comes after Jack Dorsey was appointed permanent chief executive on Monday

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Google says Docs, Drive disruption resolved

October 9, 2015 admin computer-screen, detained-at-its, dorsey, google-drive, hours-on-friday, its-corporate, media-clampdown, news-comes, paris, people-gathered, photo, the-offices, turkish, twitter

(Reuters) – Some of Google Inc's services, including Drive and Docs, which were facing disruptions for a few hours on Friday have been resolved, the company said.

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Twitter announces global expansion of self-service ads platform

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(Reuters) – Microblogging website operator Twitter Inc said it had expanded its self-service ads platform to more than 200 countries and territories from 33 countries. Small and medium-sized businesses can now reach their target audiences on Twitter in 15 languages, Twitter said in a blog post on Wednesday

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Twitter’s M&A team loses second member: Re/code

June 26, 2015 admin code-reported, francisco, garg-garg, its-corporate, linkedin, projects, pursue-other, rishi-garg, shown-at-its, vice-president

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc's Rishi Garg, vice president of corporate development and strategy, has resigned from the company to pursue other projects, technology blog Re/code reported, citing a tweet from Garg. Garg, who led the company's mergers and acquisition team, had joined Twitter in May, 2014, according to his LinkedIn profile. This is the second resignation at Twitter's mergers and acquisition team

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Facebook staff diversity little changed over past year

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By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc released new diversity data Friday that showed the number of women and minorities has remained little changed over the past year. The number of women increased only 1 percentage point, from 31 percent to 32 percent

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Charter lists consumer benefits to win merger approval

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(Reuters) – Charter Communications Inc formally argued for regulatory approval for its Time Warner Cable Inc and Bright House Networks deals, saying consumers would benefit as Internet services would become cheaper and faster.

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With CEO shakeup, Twitter under pressure to please advertisers

June 15, 2015 creative amid-pressure, francisco, from-investors, interim-head, its-corporate, needed, san, shown-at-its, twitter, zenica

By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Inc's next chief executive officer faces a crucial challenge as the company seeks to appease Wall Street after last week's management shakeup – helping disaffected advertisers connect with users. Twitter's outgoing chief executive, Dick Costolo, resigned abruptly Thursday amid pressure from investors to increase the user base and improve what's known as direct response advertising, the most lucrative type on the microblogging site. Before joining Twitter in 2010, Bain served as president of the Fox Audience Network where he was responsible for monetizing advertising platforms across News Corp's web properties.

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Disney’s powerful marketing force: social media moms

June 15, 2015 creative amid-pressure, attention, disney, eventually-drew, francisco, interim-head, its-corporate, its-marketing, media, playa-vista, shown-at-its, twitter, wendy-wright

Wendy Wright is a home-schooling mother of two, a prolific blogger and a self-described “Disney Nut.” Her cats are named Mickey and Minnie, and her blog is filled with advice for visiting Disneyland, tips for holding Disney-themed parties and reviews of Disney movies. Wright's enthusiasm for all things Disney eventually drew the attention of the Walt Disney Co , which invited her to join a carefully vetted group of roughly 1,300 Disney Social Media Moms.