8:11 ET -- Twitter is one of the most mentioned companies in the U.S. across all news items in the last 12 hours, according to Factiva data. On Thursday, Elon Musk, Twitter's owner, said in a tweet that he had hired a new CEO, but didn't say who it was. "She will be starting in 6 weeks!" Mr. Musk said in the tweet. According to people familiar with the situation, the CEO candidate is NBCUniversal's head of advertising, Linda Yaccarino. Ms. Yaccarino is still in talks to become the new CEO of Twitter. Ms. Yaccarino, chairman of global advertising and partnerships at NBCU, has been with NBCU for more than a decade. As head of NBCU's advertising sales, she was key in the launch of the company's ad-supported Peacock streaming service. Dow Jones & Co. owns Factiva. (chris.wack@wsj.com)

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