Twitter COO Anthony Noto is leaving the social media company in March for SoFi, a personal finance start-up. Effective March 1st, Noto will become CEO of SoFi, and Twitter's COO role will be filled by “other members of Twitter’s leadership team,” according to the company. Twitter shares tumbled following the announcement.
Netflix reports huge subscriber growth, adding more than 8 million customers worldwide in Q4. The earnings report painted a picture of a very successful 2017, with plans to invest much more next year. The streaming company credits its growth to an increase in original content.
Actors Debra Messing, John Cho, and director Aneesh Chaganty join us from the Sundance Film Festival to talk about their new movie "Search." The film tells the story of a father looking for his lost daughter through various means of technology. Most of the movie takes place on a laptop screen. Debra Messing and John Cho say they were excited for this film because of its unique storytelling. Chaganty says the movie took a year and a half to edit, whereas a typical movie only takes about four months.
And Kim Lopdrup, CEO of Red Lobster Seafood Co., talks about the big changes you can expect at its restaurants across the country. The company is introducing a new menu, a new look at its restaurants, and sustainability efforts across the board.
Electronic Arts, the video game maker of “Madden NFL,” “The Sims,” and other popular titles, is being acquired and taken private for about $52.5 billion in what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private-equity firms.
Merriam-Webster has fully revised its popular “Collegiate” dictionary with over 5,000 new words. They include “petrichor,” “dumbphone” and “ghost kitchen.” Also “cold brew,” “rizz,” “dad bod,” “hard pass,” “cancel culture” and more.
YouTube will offer creators a way to rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned for violating COVID-19 and election misinformation policies that are no longer in effect.
