Hollywood bigwig Peter Chernin joins Twitter's board
Welcome, @peterchernin, to Twitter's board.
— Twitter (@twitter) November 16, 2012Twitter said this afternoon that former News Corp. executive Peter Chernin has become the newest member of its board of directors.
Well known in Hollywood, Chernin helped launch Hulu and is on Pandora's board. The move was expected, with All Things D reporting earlier in the day that Twitter was "poised" to name Chernin.
Rumors about who would be the newest Twitter director have been flying for months, with Chernin's name prominently mentioned.
Twitter's current board members are CEO Dick Costolo, co-founder Evan Williams, … Read more