With a Tweet today, Twitter announced Chief Digital Officer of NBC Vivian Schiller as head of its News Partnerships. Schiller will be leaving NBC News at year's end and joining Twitter in January. Schiller had been rumored as the choice for Twitter's head of news for some time, including a report from All Things D earlier this month that she was a ‘lock' for the role.
Excited to join @Twitter as Head of News in January. Leaving @NBCNews at year's end. Grateful to my beloved colleagues for 2+ great years.
— Vivian Schiller (@VivianSchiller) October 24, 2013
Schiller has been at NBC Universal since 2011 and has held positions at the NYT, Discovery and NPR. Twitter began formally searching for a candidate for the position in April of this year. The original job posting noted that the person in the position would be “responsible for devising and executing the strategies that make Twitter indispensable to newsrooms and journalists, as well as an essential part of the operations and strategy of news organizations and TV news networks.” More to follow… Image: All Things D
