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Chris Cox is one of the most inspiring product leaders I have ever met. I wish him well https://t.co/r2UJkMhm9U
— Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 15, 2019
Merry ChrisNoMas! https://t.co/XyzF2BZJWt
— Gabe Rivera (@gaberivera) March 14, 2019
Chris Cox leaving Facebook is HUGE. He vacations with Zuckerberg. But when you put someone in charge of a bunch of stuff, and then you fundamentally change how that stuff works, you're no longer in charge of that stuff. Cox still holds $62mm $FB shares https://t.co/YyXWWym23r
— Edmund Lee (@edmundlee) March 14, 2019
2/ Pivot might not be the right word but it is how it feels. One day you're whole org is optimized to get something done that has been successful and the next day you are literally doing the opposite. You're brain knows this. But it takes time--and some chaos.
— Steven Sinofsky ? (@stevesi) March 14, 2019
All the heads of Facebook’s suite of apps now report directly to Zuckerberg and are themselves FB veteran execs. The Great Unification has begun.
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) March 14, 2019
Holy shit, Chris Cox is out at Facebook: https://t.co/I9MCHVDort
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) March 14, 2019
Many employees over the years have told me that Cox would be their pick to run the company if Zuckerberg ever stepped down
For anyone who follows FB, this is a very big deal. Behind the scenes, Chris Cox is incredibly well respected, always a big player in vision for future of facebook. Always assumed he was in it for the long run. https://t.co/xzWpgjiNF7
— Laurie Segall (@LaurieSegall) March 14, 2019
Huge executive shakeup at Facebook:
— Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) March 14, 2019
-Chief Product Officer Chris Cox leaves
-VP Of WhatsAPp Chris Daniels leaves
-Head of Fb's app Will Cathcart takes over WhatsApp
-Fb Dir of Product Fidji Simo takes over Fb apphttps://t.co/co0iX9pkjf
Mark isn’t bringing on a new CPO to replace Cox - but will instead have FB, IG and WA heads report directly to him - at the very time the company is pivoting to integrate messaging across properties.
— Mathana Stender (@StenderWorld) March 14, 2019
/1 https://t.co/K0hjt8xv9v
Update: Facebook's product team is *no longer* led by more guys named Chris than women. Two guys named Chris are out! https://t.co/0HuWyuoVoM via @Recode @pkafka @KurtWagner8 https://t.co/qm1mssek8z pic.twitter.com/pBfRu7G2Ps
— Rani Molla (@ranimolla) March 14, 2019
Very factual and accurate work by @RMac18 https://t.co/vOYBPtSLjb pic.twitter.com/uzZ0ArZOV9
— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) March 14, 2019
Oh, Chris Cox got an 8-K disclosure. That's the corporate executive status to aim for. https://t.co/CELOfVoI8Q
— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) March 14, 2019
Wow: Chris Cox, the head of product at Facebook, is leaving. This is a huge departure, as he has been so instrumental in building Facebook. Chris Daniels, the recent head of WhatsApp, is also out. https://t.co/Hwa0HveEOx
— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) March 14, 2019
Can now confirm my early suspicion: much of Chris Cox's departure has to do with concerns about the new direction Facebook is taking. If everything is encrypted, can the platform still be as safe? https://t.co/1rJCiCwe1W
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) March 14, 2019
heres why chris cox and Chris Daniels left Facebookhttps://t.co/T4px1y0D5n
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) March 14, 2019
WhatsApp has lost two bosses in less than a year https://t.co/eGTDsCbmAl
— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) March 14, 2019
I’m told that outgoing WhatsApp VP Chris Daniels left due to disagreements with Zuckerberg’s plan to unify all the messaging apps. A current WhatsApp employee: "this is Mark's company through and through” https://t.co/phjrtNGl14
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) March 14, 2019
shake up pic.twitter.com/AQsMPDcKJs
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 14, 2019
I joined Facebook the same day as Chris Cox. It’s a bummer to see the band break up, but I admire him for bringing so much humanity and a profound sense of purpose to the company.
— Soleio (@soleio) March 15, 2019
Cox levels up the people around him. I’m really excited for his next act. https://t.co/NzROk1VsIc
It seems like Cox wasn't too excited about the new encrypted product direction: "This will be a big project and we will need leaders who are excited to see the new direction through." https://t.co/9DGRjM8oEB
— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) March 14, 2019
Oscar Wilde: "To lose one Chris may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two Chrises looks like carelessness."
— Gen. Jeff Jarviss (@ProfJeffJarviss) March 14, 2019
Facebook's Cox writes that "we will need leaders who are excited to see the new direction through." Zuck writes that new WhatsApp head "Will [Cathcart] . . . believes deeply in providing end-to-end encryption". Is that what drove out Cox?
— Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) March 14, 2019
Seems even more true given today’s news! https://t.co/E03YY9iVb7
— M.G. Siegler (@mgsiegler) March 14, 2019
1. Thinking a lot this morning about yesterday being the end of the News Feed, and by extension, the reverse chronological activity design of social media. This is the correct take. It's also the beginning of the end of Social Media. https://t.co/uDDOrVrT7v
— Dr. Chris Rice (@ricetopher) March 15, 2019
daniels resigned months ago, as a direct result of the “unified messaging” project we reported on last month. FB apparently decided to announce the chris’ departures in a bundle today, likely to dump all the bad news at once. pic.twitter.com/FyCpsP0yup
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) March 14, 2019
BREAKING: Chris Cox, the head of product at Facebook—and the man who seemed most likely to succeed Zuckerberg—is leaving. And it sounds like it might be because of a difference over the privacy pivot. https://t.co/1rJCiCwe1W
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) March 14, 2019
Just after that big outage that crippled @facebook and @WhatsApp for much of yesterday: https://t.co/MKSl1SkmtG
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) March 14, 2019
RIP to this iconic tweet. We will always have the Chrises. https://t.co/C950FImfLl
— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) March 14, 2019
Huge news out of Facebook: Chris Cox, the company’s top product exec who oversees ALL the apps, is leaving less than a year after getting a big promotion https://t.co/jt0XhA7w8z
— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) March 14, 2019
Chris Cox is leaving Facebook. The leaders of Facebook (Fidji Simo), Instagram (Adam Mosseri), Messenger (Stan Chudnovsky), and WhatsApp (Will Cathcart) will now report directly to Zuckerberg. https://t.co/N3n90H9cW1
— Elana Zak (@elanazak) March 14, 2019
Normally this gets saved for Friday: Chris Cox is out at FB. Whatsapp boss Chris Daniels, too. https://t.co/eKB3sXtsjm
— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) March 14, 2019
1/ Some thoughts on FB pivot and what it feels like to go through something like it. It is not a pivot in the ordinary sense. While existential in nature (like a startup pivot) the existing world also continues. Culture change is crazy difficult, for all. https://t.co/kqrVtQ2Jyc
— Steven Sinofsky ? (@stevesi) March 14, 2019
mondays huh pic.twitter.com/jhohxKcW5G
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) March 14, 2019
Big news- Chris Cox was there from the early days https://t.co/MaqgGUGvtU
— Rory Cellan-Jones (@ruskin147) March 14, 2019
Heads of #Facebook products and #WhatsApp both out. RT
— HighWire (@HighWireTalk) March 16, 2019
Two of Mark Zuckerberg’s most important executives are leaving Facebook, less than a year after he shuffled their roles https://t.co/8xnkNgmgmD
Huge news out of Facebook: Chris Cox, the company’s top product exec who oversees ALL the apps, is leaving less than a year after getting a big promotion https://t.co/jt0XhA7w8z
— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) March 14, 2019
Head of Kremlin malware product leaving company as grand juries convened around its criminality. https://t.co/JzHrmEyXbK
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 14, 2019
I joined Facebook the same day as Chris Cox. It’s a bummer to see the band break up, but I admire him for bringing so much humanity and a profound sense of purpose to the company.
— Soleio (@soleio) March 15, 2019
Cox levels up the people around him. I’m really excited for his next act. https://t.co/NzROk1VsIc
Whoa—Cox has been Zuckerberg’s Zuckerberg, and a real keeper of the Facebook culture. https://t.co/O7FcQeG60z
— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) March 14, 2019
Can now confirm my early suspicion: much of Chris Cox's departure has to do with concerns about the new direction Facebook is taking. If everything is encrypted, can the platform still be as safe? https://t.co/1rJCiCwe1W
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) March 14, 2019
Chris Cox:
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) March 14, 2019
A) Joined FB so early it was still called "The Facebook"
B) Ran HR, ran Newsfeed, ran all the apps
C) Was called "The Ryan Gosling of Facebook product"
D) And is now, in a big, surprising announcement, leaving.https://t.co/1rJCiCwe1W
BREAKING: Chris Cox, the head of product at Facebook—and the man who seemed most likely to succeed Zuckerberg—is leaving. And it sounds like it might be because of a difference over the privacy pivot. https://t.co/1rJCiCwe1W
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) March 14, 2019
"Social media's history is not yet written, and its effects are not neutral." —Chris Cox
— Should This Exist? (@ShouldThisExist) March 14, 2019
Are social media's effects are neutral? Is technology neutral? https://t.co/NpmrWDqYt7
1/ Some thoughts on FB pivot and what it feels like to go through something like it. It is not a pivot in the ordinary sense. While existential in nature (like a startup pivot) the existing world also continues. Culture change is crazy difficult, for all. https://t.co/kqrVtQ2Jyc
— Steven Sinofsky ? (@stevesi) March 14, 2019
A Note From Mark Zuckerberg | Facebook Newsroom https://t.co/U9IBLksav5 pic.twitter.com/oSg4fi0pHI
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) March 15, 2019
Holy shit, Chris Cox is out at Facebook: https://t.co/I9MCHVDort
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) March 14, 2019
Many employees over the years have told me that Cox would be their pick to run the company if Zuckerberg ever stepped down
Wow: Chris Cox, the head of product at Facebook, is leaving. This is a huge departure, as he has been so instrumental in building Facebook. Chris Daniels, the recent head of WhatsApp, is also out. https://t.co/Hwa0HveEOx
— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) March 14, 2019
Chris Cox, who leads all product at Facebook, is leaving. So is the recently installed head of WhatsApp. Crazy times. https://t.co/ewGJ6OzfsX
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) March 14, 2019
So Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook is pivoting from focusing on news feed to WhatsApp and both the head of news feed & head of WhatsApp quit? ? https://t.co/t0YobVgwSY
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) March 14, 2019
oh: Facebook product boss Chris Cox, and Whatsapp boss Chris Daniels are leaving - Recode https://t.co/6CCWI8jaFo
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) March 14, 2019
Update: Facebook's product team is *no longer* led by more guys named Chris than women. Two guys named Chris are out! https://t.co/0HuWyuoVoM via @Recode @pkafka @KurtWagner8 https://t.co/qm1mssek8z pic.twitter.com/pBfRu7G2Ps
— Rani Molla (@ranimolla) March 14, 2019