slightly off topic: I wonder if in an equivalent interview, Craig Federighi would need the same hint in the title "Interview with Apple's OS Leader Craig Federighi ", or whether his name is considered well known enough: "Interview with Craig Federighi". I wonder when its considered "safe" for a personality to stop being referred to as their job title (Founder of FaceBook, CEO of Microsoft, CEO of Spotify, CEO of ___?), and instead using their name (Zuckerberg, Nadella, ___?, Karp)...
I personally don't know many executive's names outside of the CEO -- including at FAANG. So in your example, I wouldn't know who is being interviewed until I read the subheading.
It's a fuzzy science based on the author's estimation of how known a name is within their intended readership.
A google search shows that it depends on the outlet doing the interview: https://www.google.com/search?q=Craig%20Federighi%20intervie...
Mac centric sites just do "An interview with Craig Federighi" or something like that but Wall Street Journal did "Apple's Software Chief Craig Federighi on Apple Intelligence"
This is a good observation, thanks for sharing. Interestingly, The Verge uses the title "Here’s Joanna Stern’s full interview with Craig and Joz." for a video WSJ called "Apple Execs on What Went Wrong with Siri, iOS 26 and More" (https://www.theverge.com/news/686948/heres-joanna-sterns-ful...)
