paidContent - Industry Moves: Twitter Adds FeedBurner's Costolo As COO: Report
This story was written by Staci D. Kramer.
Looks like Twitter is adding some real-time experience. TechCrunch reports, citing unidentified sources, that Dick Costolo, cofounder and former CEO of FeedBurner, is headed to the startup as COO. Costolo’s no newcomer to Twitter: he was among the early investors in Twitter back in 2007. He went to Google (NSDQ: GOOG) following the company’s acquisition of FeedBurner for a reported $100 million; his profile there still lists him as a Chicago-based “software executive” at Google but he left in July. Feedburner was funded by Union Square Ventures, also an investor in Twitter, so this is the old gang reuniting.More as warranted.
By Staci D. Kramer