Twitter’s former CEO and other execs are suing Elon Musk and X for $128 million in unpaid severance The group says Musk “made up a fake cause” for their firing to avoid paying them. Karissa Bell Tue, Mar 5, 2024 Anadolu via Getty Images A group of former Twitter executives, including former CEO Parag … Continue reading Twitter’s former CEO and other execs are suing Elon Musk and X for $128 million in unpaid severance
Indonesia is blocking Elon Musk’s X domain for its gambling and porn history Jon Fingas @jonfingas Elon Musk’s rebranding of Twitter as X is… not going according to plan. Indonesia has temporarily blocked X.com due to the country’s laws forbidding gambling and porn. Officials don’t think the site is suddenly going downhill, though. … Continue reading Twitter’s rebrand to X is causing scam alerts on Microsoft Edge
Twitter CEO teases banking and payment plans in memo about X rebrand Karissa Bell @karissabe Twitter’s rebrand to X is officially underway, and CEO Linda Yaccarino has offered some new clues about what it may mean for the company. In a memo reported by CNBC, Yaccarino suggested that payments and banking features … Continue reading Twitter’s rebrand to X could worsen its legal and financial problems
Twitter’s Biggest Advertisers Cut Spending An Average of 71% by Joe Mandese @mp_joemandese, July 18, 2023 If Twitter’s ad revenue is off an average of 50%, as Elon Musk disclosed earlier this week, then it’s coming mainly from the platforms biggest advertisers. Ad spending across Twitter’s top 10 ad categories are down an average 71% … Continue reading Twitter’s Biggest Advertisers Cut Spending An Average of 71%
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 isn’t showing tweets unless you’re logged in Kris Holt @krisholt For some bizarre reason (OK, many widely reported reasons), Twitter is becoming less useful almost by the day. In its latest misstep, it seems the service is no longer letting people who aren’t signed in see any tweets. Until now, logged-out users … Continue reading Elon Musk claims Twitter’s new login requirement is a ‘temporary’ response to data scrapers
Twitter’s head of safety and content moderation has left the company Mariella Moon @mariella_moon Twitter has lost another head of trust and safety after Elon Musk purchased the company last year. According to Reuters, Ella Irwin, the website’s top executive for content moderation has resigned. Fortune has also reported earlier that her company … Continue reading Twitter’s head of brand safety and ad quality has left the company
By Michael Grothaus May 12, 2023 Update Friday, 12:30 p.m. ET: After rumors swelled for several hours, Elon Musk finally announced on Friday that he has named Linda Yaccarino, a longtime executive at NBCUniversal, as the new chief executive of Twitter. According to Musk, Yaccarino will handle the business side of the company while … Continue reading Linda Yaccarino is Twitter’s new CEO: Here’s what to know
By Chris Stokel-Walker April 07, 2023 Twitter’s ongoing decline and chaotic confusion continues as the app has now introduced features that block or downplay in the algorithm any posts containing links to newsletter platform Substack. The change comes hot on the heels of Substack announcing Notes, a feature that allows Substack users to … Continue reading Twitter’s feud with Substack means we all lose out on the public square
By Chris Morris April 06, 2023 At last, Elon Musk’s culling of legacy verified accounts on Twitter might finally be getting underway. The site’s “Twitter Verified” feed, which historically has followed all verified accounts (before the launch of Twitter Blue) began a mass unfollowing Thursday afternoon. It’s making fast work of it, too. … Continue reading Twitter’s blue checkmark purge may have finally begun
