Thursday, August 14, 2008
Ben Ling Lands (Back) at Google–This Time, at YouTube
Ben Ling–the high-profile Facebook platform exec who came from Google less than a year ago and then up and left the social-networking site earlier this week–is heading back to Google, this time taking a job leading monetization efforts at YouTube, according to sources.
On Tuesday, it was reported here that Ling was leaving his job at Facebook, where he has been director of platform product marketing.
It is a move that will surely spur many to rev up the Facebook-versus-Google stories, given that several Google execs have been recruited by Facebook over the last year.
Apparently, the Empire does strike back.
