Dick Costolo

Twitter’s Dick Costolo on Ads, Censorship and Google (Video)

Kicking off the 2012 D: Dive Into Media conference, Twitter’s Dick Costolo. January 30, 2012 at 11:20 pm PT

CEO
Twitter, Inc

Before joining Twitter as its COO, Costolo was already knee-deep in start-up mulch. He was the co-founder and CEO of FeedBurner, a digital content syndication platform that was acquired by Google in 2007. At Google, he was Group Product Manager responsible for social media ads. Costolo spent most of the 90s in Chicago founding and running: SpyOnIt, a web page monitoring service, and Burning Door Networked Media, a web design and development consulting company. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Computer Science, but if he seems more comfortable on stage than your average comp sci guy, it's probably because he performed in multiple shows with Chicago's acclaimed Annoyance Theatre.

Posts With Dick Costolo

Dick Costolo Tweets Out His University of Michigan Commencement Speech

Peter Kafka in Media on May 4 at 5:23 pm PT

Of course he did! It’s pretty good, too: Fail whales, Second City and Keebler elves.

Twitter Untangles Its Overgrown Org Chart

Mike Isaac in News on March 20 at 1:05 pm PT

A look at Twitter’s new and improved organizational structure, including the company’s problematic history between departments.

Twitter Hikes Its Promoted Trend Prices Again, to $200,000 a Day

Peter Kafka in Media on February 9 at 11:03 am PT

That’s up 150 percent from 2010.

Viral Video: Adorkable Tina Fey Thinks You Boring People Need a License to Tweet

Kara Swisher in Media on January 17 at 12:33 am PT

Hey, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo: Tina Fey is giving you a comic smackdown.

As IPO Gets Closer, Twitter Tries Growing Up Fast

Mike Isaac in Social on December 20, 2012 at 1:19 pm PT

A brief history of Twitter’s year-long reorganization efforts.

Twitter Shuffles Top Brass With New COO and CFO Appointments

Mike Isaac in Social on December 19, 2012 at 6:48 pm PT

Big moves in the top ranks for the microblogging service.

Prepare to Cringe: Your Tweeted Life, Now Available for Download

Mike Isaac in Social on December 19, 2012 at 8:42 am PT

Thousands upon thousands of tweets on what we were eating for breakfast.

On Election Day 2012, Twitter Kills the Great White Fail Whale

Mike Isaac in Social on November 7, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Despite a torrent of tweets from across the globe, Twitter engineering managed to keep the site’s head above water.

Jack Dorsey Still Has Pull at Twitter. Just Ask the Vine Guys.

Peter Kafka and Mike Isaac in Social on October 25, 2012 at 3:00 am PT

Why did Twitter buy a video-sharing app that hadn’t launched? Because Twitter’s co-founder wanted it.

Also on Twitter Board’s Agenda: Adding a Woman Director

Mike Isaac in Media on October 15, 2012 at 9:33 am PT

It is 2012, after all.

Dorsey on Reduced Role at Twitter: Move On, Nothing to See Here!

Kara Swisher in News, October 9, 2012 at 8:18 am PT

Exclusive: Twitter Eyeing Media Bigs, Including Hollywood Mogul Peter Chernin, for Board Seats

Kara Swisher and Mike Isaac in Media, September 24, 2012 at 8:07 pm PT

Twitter Tries Cranking Up the Money Machine: More Precise Targeting = More Ad Dollars

Peter Kafka in Media, August 30, 2012 at 10:53 am PT

Twitter’s Pitch Deck for Big Advertisers (Slides)

Peter Kafka in Media, July 11, 2012 at 6:15 am PT

Twitter Employee Live-Tweets His World Series of Poker Ascent, One Hand at a Time

Mike Isaac in Social, July 2, 2012 at 10:06 pm PT

Twitter’s Big Pitch to Big Brands: You Want Space? We Got Space.

Peter Kafka in Media, June 11, 2012 at 3:00 am PT

Mobile Ad Problem? Not at Twitter, Says Dick Costolo.

Peter Kafka in Media, June 6, 2012 at 6:34 pm PT

WordPress, Reddit, Cheezburger and Others Join New Internet Defense League

Liz Gannes in Social, May 26, 2012 at 6:00 pm PT

Flipboard CEO McCue Likely to Step Down From Twitter Board Over Potential Future Conflicts (Or Closer Cooperation)

Kara Swisher in News, May 7, 2012 at 1:37 pm PT

Yahoo and Twitter Get New Communications Heads From PayPal and Google

Kara Swisher in News, April 4, 2012 at 11:15 pm PT

QOTD: Stick to Pictures

Twitter’s Ad for Its Ads (Video)

Peter Kafka in Media, March 26, 2012 at 9:35 am PT

Twitter’s Ad Sales Are Booming, Says Gawker

Peter Kafka in Media, March 9, 2012 at 10:45 am PT

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo: The Full Dive Into Media Interview (Video)

Peter Kafka in Dive Into Media, February 6, 2012 at 7:30 am PT

A Super Social Bowl

Peter Kafka in Media, February 5, 2012 at 8:32 pm PT

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