CNBC’s Evans leaves Twitter

CNBC anchor Kelly Evans is leaving Twitter, reports Allana Akhtar of USA Today.

Akhtar writes, “Evans is leaving the platform — along with most other social media — to pursue a social-free lifestyle, ‘and agrees social ‘churn’ may rise in coming years,’ her colleague on CNBC Carl Quintanilla tweeted on Wednesday.

“It’s ‘only 1/2 Twitter’s fault,’ Quintanilla relayed.

“A CNBC representative could not provide additional comment at this time.

“Evans leaves Twitter at a time the service is again under fire for failing to do enough to prevent targeted harassment of users, a problem women on the service have complained about for years. Ex-CEO Dick Costolo last year acknowledged it was a severe problem, saying ‘we suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.