HTTP:: FeedBurner Founder Joins Twitter as COO
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If there wasn't enough “RSS is dead†propaganda, this piece of news is sure to provide even more fuel to the growing mob proclaiming the protocol's demise. Co-founder and CEO of the feed service FeedBurner and later Google Executive Dick Costolo is leaving RSS behind for good. And the best part is where he's headed. Having left Google in July, Costolo will start next week as Twitter's chief operating officer, as TechCrunch has reported and Twitter has later confirmed.“He’s a longtime friend of Ev and Biz, so clearly they trust and respect the work that he’s done and look forward to working with him here at Twitter HQ,†Jenna Sampson, a Twitter spokeswoman, said in reference to Twitter's Co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone. Costolo launched FeedBurner in 2004 as a way for bloggers and website owners to set up their own RSS feeds. It quickly became a very popular product and was eventually bought by Google for $100 million in 2007 with the, then, CEO staying o!
n with Google. He finally left the search giant in July, with apparent plans to start another company. But, now, it looks like Twitter has made a compelling offer and has managed to convince him to join the company. The parallel between Costolo's path and the ones of Twitter's ...
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