Twitter seeks more TV time with media hire Ben Grossman

Twitter's dreams of Hollywood fame and fortune continue today with the just-announced hire of Ben Grossman as head of global operations for Twitter's media department.

Andreessen-Horowitz expands social by hiring Twitter vet

Looks like Andreessen-Horowitz is building out its social investments side of the business. It came out today that the venture firm hired Twitter culture guru Elizabeth Weil to help expand its social know-how.

YouSendIt lands new CEO with Brad Garlinghouse

Former AOL executive Brad Garlinghouse will join cloud storage and file-sharing company YouSendIt as the new CEO, the company announced today.

Garlinghouse will replace Ivan Koon, who has previously served as YouSendIt’s CEO for six years. Garlinghouse was formerly AOL’s …

Yahoo appoints three new directors, despite an impending proxy battle

Lately, Yahoo has proved it isn’t scared of getting into a bloody fight. First with its formal patent lawsuit against many large social networks, and now with an act of defiance that’s sure to rile up some of Yahoo’s biggest …

Reddit nabs ex-Facebooker Yishan Wong as new CEO

The man balancing a shoe on his head in the photo above is the new CEO of community news sharing site Reddit, the company announced in a blog post today.

Judging by the ridiculous verification photo and the colorful responses …

Apple hires former Xbox Live marketing head

The latest top executive to land at Apple is former head of Xbox Live marketing Robin Burrowes, who joined the company earlier this month.

Burrowes is Apple’s new head of App Store Marketing for iTunes Europe. Prior to that, he …

VentureBeat welcomes our newest writer, Jennifer Van Grove

VentureBeat is very happy to welcome the newest member of our reporting staff: Jennifer Van Grove.

Jennifer is a talented reporter with years of experience covering the tech industry. What convinced us that we wanted her on our team was …

VentureBeat welcomes Chikodi Chima and Meghan Kelly

VentureBeat is proud to announce the two newest members of our writing staff: Meghan Kelly and Chikodi Chima.

Meghan joins our team after a stellar four-month internship in our San Francisco office, where she helped cover new funding announcements as …

Glam Media hires new CFO, honing its edge for a likely IPO

Glam Media announced today that it has hired 16-year Apple veteran Jeanne Seeley as its new chief financial officer and executive vice president, a move that likely positions the company for a public offering. Seeley starts work today.

Samir Arora, …

New HP chief Meg Whitman pledges to stay the course

As expected, Hewlett Packard ousted chief executive Léo Apotheker today, replacing him with former eBay chief Meg Whitman.

HP board chairman Ray Lane will take a more active role in managing the company alongside Whitman, becoming executive chairman (he was …

VentureBeat welcomes senior editor Heather Kelly

VentureBeat has added to our editorial team yet again with the hire of tech journalist Heather Kelly. We are very excited to have her on board.

Heather was formerly a senior associate editor at Macworld, where she wrote and edited …

VentureBeat welcomes tech reporter Jolie O’Dell

VentureBeat continues to grow and add editorial talent. We’re very excited to announce our latest addition: Technology and business writer Jolie O’Dell.

O’Dell (@jolieodell on Twitter) has eleven years of experience in journalism. She joins VentureBeat after a stint at …