Ms. Yaccarino, 60, has forged a bond with her 53-year-old boss, chatting often by text message, according to one of the people, who, like many interviewed, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details. Some of Mr. Musk’s friends have counseled her on how she should interact with the willful billionaire, or even offered to act as an intermediary with him. More strikingly, some of her friends and former colleagues have begged her to quit.
“You have to know this about Linda: Quitting equals failure, and Linda cannot allow herself to fail,” said Lou Paskalis, a longtime ad executive and friend who has publicly criticized her decision to work for Mr. Musk. “She is cashing in her sterling reputation to be Elon’s chief apology officer.”
Within weeks, Ms. Yaccarino suggested to Mr. Musk that Twitter sue the C.C.D.H. The resulting lawsuit, filed in late July, claimed that the C.C.D.H. had harmed the company’s advertising business and that the group used improper methodology to gather its findings. (The suit was dismissed in March; X has appealed.)
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📉 US-Umsatz im 2. Quartal 2024 von 114 Mio. $
(25 % weniger als 1. Quartal; 53 % weniger als in 2023).
👀 CEO Yaccarino war es die Musk vorschlug #CCDH (Center for Countering Digital Hate) zu verklagen wegen deren Studie zu hate speech & misinformation auf X
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