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Jinen Kamdar<\/a> has spent more than seven years as Twitter, most recently serving as the director of product for Twitter\u2019s media tools. Now he\u2019s joining an actual media company \u2014 namely, BuzzFeed, where he\u2019ll be the new vice president of product.<\/p>\n He\u00a0doesn\u2019t start his new job\u00a0until Monday, May 15, so he said it\u2019s too early to know exactly what he\u2019ll be working on. He did say he\u2019s excited to collaborate\u00a0with \u201call these talented writers and producers\u201d at BuzzFeed and build tools to \u201cnot only create content, but also\u00a0very quickly learn how the content is performing.\u201d<\/p>\n Kamdar, who\u2019s been based in San Francisco, will be splitting his time\u00a0between BuzzFeed\u2019s\u00a0New York, Los Angeles and (to a lesser extent) SF offices. He\u2019s replacing Chris Johanesen as\u00a0VP of Product, and he\u2019ll\u00a0be reporting to Publisher Dao Nguyen.\u00a0(Johanesen is now principal product manager overseeing \u201clarge parts\u201d of the BuzzFeed website.) <\/p>\n Moving from a tech company like Twitter to a digital media company like BuzzFeed might seem like a big leap, but Kamdar said there are some\u00a0shared traits between his old employer and his new one. (It\u2019s also worth noting that the two companies are partnering, with BuzzFeed creating video content specifically for Twitter<\/a>.)<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I look at BuzzFeed, what attracts\u00a0me are the things that make companies like Twitter special, too,\u201d Kamdar said. \u201cThey think about everything in first principles. Because it\u2019s a pure digital media play, they basically embraced the Internet and mobile and social in a way that is unrivaled in the media industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jinen Kamdar has spent more than seven years as Twitter, most recently serving as the director of product for Twitter’s media tools. Now he’s joining an actual media company — namely, BuzzFeed, where he’ll be the new vice president of product. He\u00a0doesn’t start his new job\u00a0until Monday, May 15, so he said it’s too early to know exactly what he’ll… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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