By Allan Sloan November 03, 2023 If you’re a fan of financial fiascos, you’ve probably been having a great time reading stories marking the recent one-year anniversary of Elon Musk’s troubled Twitter takeover. By my math, which is based on the value that Fidelity places on the X shares owned by its mutual funds, … Continue reading Elon Musk isn’t the only one who lost a ton of money on X this year
Twitter confirms upcoming ad-supported and ad-free premium options Radek Zielinski / Oct 21, 2023 Twitter is poised to roll out multiple new subscription tiers in the coming weeks, according to owner Elon Musk. The move aims to boost revenue amid reports of declining ad sales since Musk’s takeover. Two Premium Options In an Oct. … Continue reading Twitter confirms upcoming ad-supported and ad-free premium options
X tests three paid subscription tiers amid ongoing financial woes Details are scant, but it looks like this will determine how many ads you see. Lawrence Bonk Fri, Oct 6, 2023 Unsplash/Kelly Sikkema The rumor that X, formerly known as Twitter, is going to integrate more paid services continues to persist, with Bloomberg reporting … Continue reading X tests three paid subscription tiers amid ongoing financial woes
Twitter finally begins paying some of its creators Will Shanklin Twitter’s ad-revenue sharing program for creators has officially launched — and it’s reportedly already begun paying eligible Blue subscribers. Elon Musk announced the initiative in February, but with scant details about how it would work, nobody knew quite what to expect. However, some high-profile … Continue reading Elon Musk says Twitter’s ad revenue has dropped by 50 percent
Twitter has reportedly refused to pay its Google Cloud contract Igor Bonifacic @igorbonifacic More platform instability could be in Twitter’s near future. In 2018, Twitter signed a $1 billion contract with Google to host some of its services on the company’s Google Cloud servers. Platformer reports Twitter recently refused to pay the search … Continue reading Twitter has supposedly started paying its Google Cloud bill again
Twitter Blue verification was a complete disaster in exactly the ways everyone predicted Karissa Bell @karissabe Elon Musk’s plan to democratize Twitter verification lasted less than two days. Twitter has temporarily pulled new signups for Twitter Blue after the platform was overrun by verified trolls. The company told staffers subscriptions were on hold to … Continue reading Twitter stokes confusion as ‘verified’ drama continues
