UK To Hire 'Twitter Czar' For $232,000 -- money well spent in hard times

The UK government was advertising Friday to hire a "Twitter czar" on a £142,000 ($232,000) annual salary, which would make the successful candidate one of the best paid bureaucrats in the nation.

The generous paycheck almost matches the £142,500 annual salary that British prime minister David Cameron gets for running the country, The Daily Telegraph reported.

The vacancy, posted on the official Civil Service jobs website, is officially titled the "new and exciting role of Executive Director of Digital." (read more)