Networks covered Donald Trump’s presidential announcement, but the once-loyal New York Post brushed it off.
28.10.2022 - 17:35 / deadline.com
A cryptic tweet by Elon Musk and late-night purge of top executives closed Twitter’s takeover saga as chaotically as it began, with no formal announcement just a four-word post by the self-declared Chief Twit — “the bird is freed.”
The billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX who said he is buying the platform “to help humanity” is set to hold a town hall later today with staff. Musk has threatened to slash the workforce and will, in fact, require major cuts to meet what will be Twitter’s reported interest burden of $1 billion annually to lenders who helped him close the $44 billion deal — a pricetag that will go down as one of the most overpaid tech acquisitions in the history of M&A deals on the Street, said analyst Dan Ives.
The New York Stock Exchange halted trade in Twitter shares before the open today and plans to delist it completely by Nov. 8.
The focus now turns squarely to how the self-described “free speech absolutist” plans to run the giant social media platform, which is highly influential in the U.S. and abroad, especially with key elections looming. Twitter last reported 238 million daily active users. Musk’s comments on free speech have horrified the platform’s liberal audience and public interest groups. He has said he does not believe in permanent bans on users. A question is whether he will re-platform former President Donald Trump, who was ejected from Twitter in Jan. of 2021 for fomenting violence around the Jan. 6 uprising at the U.S. Capitol. Musk has said publicly that he thought that decision was a mistake.
One of the fired executives, Vijaya Gadde, was Twitter’s head of legal and policy, overseeing content moderation. Also shown the door were CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal. Musk
Networks covered Donald Trump’s presidential announcement, but the once-loyal New York Post brushed it off.
Donald Trump did draw the media spotlight for his presidential announcement speech on Tuesday, but the networks varied in how they approached the event, carrying parts of it and cutting away at others.
With the midterm elections taking over news headlines this week, Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” had a few hot takes on the outcomes. One of the most notable ones was the shift Rupert Murdoch’spublications had on Donald Trump after the “red wave” never materialized with the Democrats holding their ground.
Love trumps all! Donald Trump’s fourth child, Tiffany Trump, married businessman Michael Boulos on Saturday, November 12.
Linda Yaccarino, head of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal, says despite the intense backlash over his two-plus weeks operating Twitter, Elon Musk deserves patience from the company’s advertisers and business partners.
The New York Times has hired top Axios national political reporter Jonathan Swan, who won an Emmy for his 2020 interview with then-President Donald Trump.
After recently laying off half of Twitter’s employees and on the same day that three of the company’s top security executives quit, the world’s wealthiest man reportedly told Twitter’s remaining product team members that the company he just bought could see “net negative cash flow of several billion dollars” in 2023 and “bankruptcy is not out of the question” if that happens.
Donald Trump very unsurprisingly lashed out at “fake news” and “enemy of the people!” in a series of post-midterm, middle-of-the-night and early morning posts, but his responses differed a bit in that they were coming as some Rupert Murdoch-media outlets were making him the culprit for Republicans disappointing results.
Over the next couple days, Tuesday’s midterm election results will be debated for hours on end. There have been plenty of wins on both sides, but one thing is clear: the night’s biggest loser was Donald Trump.
Whoa! Their money may have been protected from one another thanks to an ironclad prenup — but not from the market! From what we’re hearing, Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen both stand to lose a hefty sum following the crash of FTX.
New Twitter owner Elon Musk presided over a rambling, hourlong appeal to advertisers, defending the newly instituted $8-a-month blue-check verification program and vowing to make the social platform “a force for good.”
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said she hopes the outcome of today’s elections will help break the longstanding 2-2 tie on the regulatory commission, but she also defended the body’s deadlocked body’s record during her leadership.
Bill Maher instinctively knows what doom awaits Democrats on Tuesday’s Election Day, as polling indicates an arrow pointing down for Big Blue,
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As Twitter employees face mass layoffs starting today, new overlord Elon Musk says the platform has seen “a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers.”
Are you down to pay a monthly subscription fee to use Twitter as a verified tweeter?? Because that’s what’s apparently coming to the platform!
Sorry, Martha Stewart, but the internet has its sights set on a new girlfriend for Pete Davidson!
Twitter is strongly considering charging verified users $19.99 per month to use Twitter Blue, according to reports in The Verge and Platformer, as Elon Musk seeks alternative ways of picking up more revenue.
During a televised debate on Sunday night, Democratic candidate Marcus Flowers accused House Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of being at least partially responsible for the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, citing as evidence Greene’s false and oft-repeated stance that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.