Twitter Hires NBC's Vivian Schiller as Head of News Partnerships

Twitter announced on Thursday that Vivian Schiller, the chief digital officer at NBC News, will join the company in a newly created head of news partnerships position beginning in 2014

Twitter announced the news from one of the company's Twitter feeds, @TwitterForNews, and Schiller also tweeted about her upcoming job switch. Schiller brings an extensive news background with her to the microblogging site, having spent time in senior management positions at NPR, the New York Times and CNN over the past 12 years

Schiller's role with Twitter has not been clearly defined, although it appears she will serve as an intermediary between the social network and the numerous media outlets it works with daily. (Twitter did not immediately respond to Mashable's request for comment.) Its goal is to make sure as many news outlets and publications are utilizing Twitter as possible Read more...