It’s the end of the first week since Twitter accepted Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover offer, and one of the weirdest tech deals just keeps adding new twists. A detailed report of The Wall Street Journal peeled back a few layers on the process that began with Musk racking up Twitter shares in January and…
What motivates Elon Musk? Musk, the world’s richest man, has long been an object of fascination as the founder of electric car company Tesla and rocket maker SpaceX. But in recent weeks, as he flirted with buying Twitter and then offering around $44 billion for the covered media platform, all undercover, curiosity about what affected…
Elon Musk said he “buys Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in” as he jokes about what he plans to do after his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. During a Wednesday night chat session with his 87 million Twitter followers, Musk then reposted a meme suggesting he should buy McDonald’s in order to fix the…
Since Elon Musk’s takeover, prominent conservative figures have seen massive increases in Twitter followers – with many wondering if this reflected a sudden lifting of long-suspected shadowbans. Donald Trump Jr. led the way by questioning the giant spike, which saw him gain 87,296 new subscribers on Tuesday – and another 119,022 at the start of…
Placeholder while loading article actions Elon Musk is using his powerful Twitter account to support right-wing users who have strongly criticized two company executives, exposing them to the masses online who have joined in the attacks. It started with a tweet on Tuesday from political podcast host Saagar Enjeti, responding to a Politico report that…
Amid a lawsuit between shareholders and Elon Musk over his ‘funding secured’ tweet, new text messages and emails between Musk and those involved have emerged. The communications pretty much confirmed how most people saw the situation: Elon Musk met with the head of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and had preliminary talks about privatizing…
Twitter Inc. TWTR 3.93% is revisiting Elon Musk’s $43 billion takeover bid after the billionaire funded the offer, a sign the social media company may be more receptive to a deal. Twitter was expected to reject the offer, which Mr Musk made earlier this month without saying how he would pay for it. But after…
The list of suitors who considered buying Twitter — then moved on without a second thought — is too long to count down one side, and maybe two or three. That’s partly because for all its relevance to breaking news, starting revolutions — and generally increasing cortisol levels at breakfast, lunch, and dinner — Twitter…
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