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X hires former WSJ editor and bureau chief to lead news group


X, formerly Twitter, wants to make its platform a home to the future and news and journalism. On that front, the company has now hired John Stoll, a

On that front, the company has now hired John Stoll, a former editor and Detroit bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal to lead its news group and partnership team at X. After interviewer Catherine Herridge pushed as to whether or not X was considering launching a news portal of some sort on its platform, X Corp CEO Linda Yaccarino responded she was excited about the opportunity for journalists on X to “explore their craft,” thrive, and make a great living. Paying journalists based on clicks is not a new idea — BuzzFeed famously subsidized its harder news with gossip, quizzes, and pop culture stories, only to find itself later at the mercy of Facebook algorithm changes.

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