{"id":1204777,"date":"2022-01-10T13:07:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204777"},"modified":"2022-01-10T13:07:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:07:58","slug":"facebooks-head-of-communications-joins-parade-of-execs-jumping-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebooks-head-of-communications-joins-parade-of-execs-jumping-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook&#039;s Head of Communications Joins Parade of Execs Jumping Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffacebooks-head-of-communications-joins-parade-of-execs-jumping-ship%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204777&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Facebook (now known as Meta) recently lost its head of communications, just the latest in a growing parade of top executives fleeing the company for calmer waters in the wake of a scandal-plagued 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/meta-platforms-head-of-communications-leaves-company-11641611835?mod=rss_Technology\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that John Pinette, Facebook\u2019s head of communications, announced his departure from the firm to employees last week. Pinette has managed Facebook\u2019s external communications efforts since 2019. Pinette\u2019s position put him on the hot seat as the company faced scandal after scandal in recent years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18507186\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/facebook-meta-name-change-mark-zuckerberg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18507186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/facebook-meta-name-change-mark-zuckerberg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Zuckerberg introduces Meta (Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16741706\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mark-Zuckerberg-throwing-spears.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16741706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mark-Zuckerberg-throwing-spears.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Zuckerberg throwing spears\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Zuckerberg throwing spears (Mark Zuckerberg\/Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before arriving at Facebook, Pinette managed the business and philanthropic dealings of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Pinette also managed the communication division of Google in Asia and previously advised Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In a post, Pinette informed fellow Facebook employees of his departure, stating:&nbsp;\u201cToday will be my last day at Meta. I know the team will continue to thrive as you do some of the most important\u2014and most difficult\u2014work in Communications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pinette is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/12\/08\/bye-zuck-facebooks-head-of-messenger-joins-other-prominent-execs-in-jumping-ship\/\">many Facebook executives to leave the company<\/a> in recent months.&nbsp;In February of 2021, Deborah Liu, formerly the head of Facebook Marketplace, left the company to become the CEO of Ancestry.com.&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/30\/facebooks-chief-revenue-officer-david-fischer-announces-departure.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">David Fischer<\/a>, who acted as Facebook\u2019s chief revenue officer, announced that he was leaving in March, and&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/18\/facebook-novi-exec-kevin-weil-leaves-for-a-climate-change-startup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Kevin Weil<\/a>&nbsp;who co-founded Facebook\u2019s Novi cryptocurrency division also revealed that he was leaving the company.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Facebook\u2019s former ads chief&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/06\/09\/facebooks-ad-chief-carolyn-everson-is-leaving-the-company.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Carolyn Everson<\/a>&nbsp;announced that she would be leaving the company and later joined the grocery delivery app Instacart. Taking over as Instacart CEO is&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/07\/08\/instacart-new-ceo-fidji-simo-comes-from-facebook.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Fidji Simo<\/a>, who left his position as the head of the Facebook app to join the delivery upstart.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Mark D\u2019Arcy stepped down from his role at Facebook as chief creative officer. In September, technology chief&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/09\/22\/facebook-chief-technology-officer-to-step-down.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Mike Schroepfer<\/a>&nbsp;announced his plans to leave. And in November,&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/30\/metas-head-of-cryptocurrency-david-marcus-resigns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">David Marcus<\/a>, the head of cryptocurrency plans, announced that he would also be leaving.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/meta-platforms-head-of-communications-leaves-company-11641611835?mod=rss_Technology\"><em>Wall Street Journal&nbsp;<\/em>here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook (now known as Meta) recently lost its head of communications, just the latest in a growing parade of top executives fleeing the company for calmer waters in the wake &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1204777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1204777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1204777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1204777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1204777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}