- X CEO Linda Yaccarino appeared rattled during her most high-profile appearance to date.
- Yoel Roth, former head of Twitter’s trust and safety department, was added to the schedule at the last minute.
- Some criticized tech journalist Kara Swisher and Code for “sandbagging” Yaccarino.
Late Wednesday afternoon, I was standing near the swimming pool at this year’s Code Conference and saw Julia Boorstin, CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent, walking by looking visibly upset as she was about to conduct one of the biggest and most challenging interviews of the year.
Months earlier, Boorstin had secured a coveted interview with Linda Yaccarino to make her first major public appearance after being named CEO of X, formerly Twitter. Yaccarino, who previously headed global advertising for NBCUniversal, had been a longtime mentor to Boorstin when they both worked at the company and Yaccarino agreed to the interview only a few weeks into her highly visible tenure.
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