Twitter UK Hires Former BBC Sports Social Media Editor

Twitter is bolstering its UK office with the hire of a new team member, Lewis Wiltshire, a former BBC sports social media editor.

Yahoo Finance reports that the loss of Wiltshire was a blow to the BBC, who was relying on Wiltshire for its coverage of the Olympics. He was to be part of a multi-platform effort to cover the event on and offline.

The announcement of this new hire was made – in usual Twitter fashion – on Twitter by Tony Wang (@TonyW),

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