Elon Musk has told staff they have to commit to being “extremely hardcore” or leave the embattled social media platform as reports emerged the billionaire is monitoring the internal communications of employees.
The billionaire’s ultimatum, following sweeping layoffs and executive exodus, sets a deadline for employees to stay or take a severance package.
The change in market sentiment provides the opportunity for cashed-up giants to buy smaller enterprises that require large amounts of capital to fulfil their dreams.
One of the world’s biggest advertising agencies has told clients to suspend their spending on the social network due to safety risks since Elon Musk’s takeover.
The AGL and Genex ‘distractions’ of Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar don’t have the backing of a profitable business.
The latest departures include some of Elon Musk’s key supporters, while his comments raise the spectre of bankruptcy.
No one is compelling you to read the tweets of those you detest. For those of us who remain, we will have to cope without the luminaries who have left in protest over the blue tick.
Twitter’s active user base has increased to 258million since Elon Musk completed his takeover – but leading voices continue threats to leave the platform.
Elon Musk would have been on the edge of his seat watching the Bitcoin drama unfold, while at Goldman Sachs there was another round of embarrassed head shaking.
Opening the free-speech floodgates may suit the libertarian instincts of Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk but it will come at a big financial cost.
The platform’s new owner announced the policy after US comedian Kathy Griffin and other celebrities sent tweets under Elon Musk’s name.
The new Twitter owner will offer greater content monetisation and long-form video features in an attempt to tempt Youtubers over to the platform.
Liberals oppose his takeover of Twitter for the simple reason that they want to silence conservative views.
Mass lay-offs, bizarre edicts, millions lost every day – was the $US44 billion takeover an experiment too far for the madcap inventor?
Twitter Inc. has begun implementing software updates to charge users $7.99 a month to mark their accounts with a blue tick.
The entrepreneur is treating Twitter like a startup. But it’s a mature company with a lot to lose if he moves too fast and breaks too many things at once.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has The Secret Broker pondering the eccentricities – and cost – of social media and, of course, horny elephants.
Thousands of Twitter staff are expected to be let go over the next 24 hours, including some of its local workforce.
General Mills, Pfizer and Volkswagen are among a growing list of brands concerned about executive departures and Elon Musk’s plans for content moderation.
Musk is flirting with a complete betrayal of the social media social contract. Eight bucks a month? Be smart: Go from Twitter to quitter.
Left-wing Twitter users like Stephen King and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lash Elon Musk’s proposals, like charging users to keep their ‘blue ticks’.
With his trademark gusto, the billionaire has renovated the birdcage.
In a series of tweets, Musk wrote the social-media company needs to “pay the bills” without relying on advertisers.
The board that oversaw Twitter during its sale to Elon Musk has been dissolved, with the Tesla chief now serving as the company’s sole director.
Dogecoin has been the leader of the pack since its No.1 fan, Elon Musk, took the Twitter leash, up more than 100 per cent for the week.
There has been predictable outrage at Elon Musk’s takeover – but it’s not about him, it’s we users who make the site.
The new owner of Twitter amplified claims about Paul Pelosi as alternative theories swirled on the platform he bought for $44bn.
Some staff say they are concerned lay-offs could come ahead of the vesting date for employee stock grants.
The new ‘Chief Twit’, who also happens to be the world’s richest man, has grand plans for a social media website that had become stale and largely irrelevant.
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