• TechCrunch, Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:57 PM

TechCrunch is reporting that four top Twitter executives are being shown the door, including Anamitra Banerji, who was responsible for launching the company's controversial ad platform. The changes follow Jack Dorsey's recent return as CEO. "This move is said to be led by Dorsey as a final measure to remove those still closely affiliated with the old Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Jason Goldman regime," TechCrunch writes. "Those three, of course, all left Twitter in recent months and just re-launched the Obvious startup incubator where Twitter was originally born."

Along with Banerji, Jean-Paul Cozzatti, Kevin Cheng, and Josh Elman are reportedly out. Regarding Cheng and Elman, TechCrunch adds: "Both of these guys have been vital to the Twitter product over the past couple of years. Cheng, for example, was key on the 'New Twitter' project." Twitter, meanwhile, has yet to comment on any specific names, only saying that "some people have left the company and we appreciate their contributions."

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