OLD Media Moves

Facebook hires Bloomberg social media editor

January 26, 2012

Posted by Chris Roush

Dan Fletcher, the social media editor at Bloomberg News, has been hired by Facebook to be its managing editor, reports Kevin Lincoln of Business Insider.

Lincoln writes, “Both Fletcher and sources at Facebook confirmed that Fletcher will make the move, but weren’t ready yet to discuss what his responsibilities will be at Facebook.

“Another source tells us that Facebook could be looking at LinkedIn’s LinkedIn Today as a possible model.

“Fletcher graduated from Northwestern University in 2009, where he majored in journalism. Prior to Bloomberg, he worked as special projects editor at Time.”

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