Twitter co-founder Stone returns to company

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Twitter co-founder Stone returns to company
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone announced he is returning to full-time work at the company in the next few weeks in order to focus on corporate culture. In a blog post, Stone said his "top focus will be to guide the company culture, that energy, that feeling", alongside CEO Jack Dorsey and CMO Leslie Berland. He will work on ensuring that "everyone understands the whole story of Twitter and each of our roles in that story. I'll shape the experience internally so it's also felt outside the company. More soon." Stone, who left the company in 2011 before it went public, added that he will not be replacing anyone at Twitter.

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