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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