<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Friday that Linda Yaccarino, formerly NBC Universal's top advertising sales executive, will be Twitter's new CEO.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Musk said in a tweet that Yaccarino will focus on business operations and he will focus on product design and new technology.</div><div><br></div><div>He also reiterated his plan to turn Twitter into "X, the everything app."</div><div>Musk acquired the social media platform for 44 billion U.S. dollars last year. The company was reincorporated into X Corp. last month and no longer exists as a separate corporation, but it still uses the brand name.</div><div><br></div><div>Musk had previously said he was looking for a new CEO and ran a Twitter poll, in which most voters said he should resign.</div><div><br></div><div>Yaccarino previously worked at NBC as chair for advertising and client partnerships, and president of cable entertainment and digital advertising sales. - Xinhua</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>