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Twitter hires ex-Bloomberg exec Swidler to run video

Todd Swidler, former senior vice president of video and partnerships at Bloomberg, has been hired by Twitter to run its live video operation, reports Kurt Wagner of Recode.

Wagner writes, “Swidler is joining Twitter to run the business side of its live video efforts, a growing focus for the company, which has ambitions to be a digital TV distributor.

“In that vein, Twitter recently inked a bunch of live video deals with more than a dozen publishers, including Bloomberg, and has plans to stream live video content around the clock.

“It will be Swidler’s job to make that happen, as he’ll take over the day-to-day running of the live video team, including all partnerships. (His role will be on the business side, though; Periscope CEO Kayvon Beykpour is still running the product side of Twitter’s live video efforts.)”

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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.