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Two top managers fired from Twitter amid Elon Musk's buyout turmoil
Twitter fired two of its top managers Friday, the latest sign of internal turmoil amid Tesla billionaire Elon Musk's planned buyout of the company. One Twitter general manager, Kayvon Beykpour, is leaving after 7 years. In a series of tweets Thursday, Beykpour said CEO Parag Agrawal asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a different direction. Bruce Falck, Twitter's revenue and product lead, was also fired, according to a tweet that has since been deleted. His Twitter bio now says unemployed. I dedicate this Tweet to those engineers and thank you ALL for the opportunity to serve alongside you. It's been awesome. There is a lot more to do so get back to work, I can't wait to see what you build, Falck tweeted. Twitter confirmed both departures and said the company is pausing most hiring and except for business critical roles. In addition, it said in a statement, we are pulling back on non-labor costs to ensure we are being responsible and ...
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Elon Musk's delay in disclosing Twitter stake triggers SEC probe
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the SEC is investigating Musk's submission of a form that investors must file when they accumulate more than 5 per cent of a company
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Twitter to freeze hiring, rescind some offers and make cost-cutting efforts
The news comes as billionaire Elon Musk is working to close a $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter
Dorsey says no plans to head Twitter again, hints at limited involvement
Jack Dorsey, who currently heads payments firm Block Inc, owns a 2.4% stake in Twitter, according to Refinitiv
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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey backs Musk's plan to reverse Trump's ban
"I think it was a morally bad decision to be clear and foolish in the extreme," Jack Dorsey said at a Future of the Car event hosted by the Financial Times
Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter's ban of Donald Trump
Musk, speaking virtually at a Future of the Car summit hosted by the Financial Times, said Twitter's Trump ban was 'a morally bad decision and foolish in the extreme'
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Musk says he's 'aligned' with EU approach to digital rules
Elon Musk, who is offering to buy Twitter, has given his support to a new European Union law aimed at protecting social media users from harmful content after he met with the bloc's single market
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Musk's Twitter remark on Indian architecture stirs India visit speculation
His Twitter remark led several Indian Twitter users to respond to Musk's tweet, asking, "Any plans to visit India soon?"
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Twitter abuzz over Musk's 'if I die under mysterious circumstances' post
The post came a few days after the Tesla CEO announced acquisition of Twitter for $44 billion.
Musk thinks he can double Twitter's revenue from subscriptions by 2028
In a pitch deck viewed by the New York Times, Musk gave investors a taste of what to expect under his ownership
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Twitter staff will face 'extreme' workload if buyout goes through: Musk
The Tesla CEO also said that he strongly believes that all managers in a technical area "must be technically excellent".
California judge rejects Trump lawsuit challenging permanent Twitter ban
Trump sued Twitter, Facebook and Google's YouTube in July 2021, claiming they illegally censored him.
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Twitter to focus more on engineering if acquisition completes: Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that Twitter will focus deeply on hardcore software engineering, design, and more, following the completion of the acquisition of the micro-blogging site.
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Saudi Prince reverses course on Twitter for 'new friend' Elon Musk
When Musk announced his $54.20-per-share offer in April, Alwaleed used the social-media platform to reject the offer, saying it didn't 'come close' to Twitter's intrinsic value
Elon Musk, Twitter are sued by shareholder over $44 billion takeover
The lawsuit said Musk became an 'interested stockholder' after taking a more than 9% Twitter stake, requiring the delay
Twitter's new feature allows Spaces analytics access to all hosts, co-hosts
"Hosts and co-hosts on iOS and Android will now have access to analytics like total live listeners, total replays, and speakers..." the company wrote on its platform
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Twitter may soon allow users to add videos, pictures in same tweet: Report
Recent reports said that Twitter is working on the edit button, as requested by its users as well as Elon Musk, but the platform is reportedly going to keep a digital trace of earlier tweets
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Elon Musk secures over $7-bn funding in new financing for Twitter buy
Expected to serve as temporary Twitter CEO
Musk's $44 bn Twitter buyout faces FTC antitrust review: Report
The FTC declined comment, while Musk could not be reached for comment.
Hardik Patel removes Guj Cong designation, poll symbol from Twitter handle
Gujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel on Monday removed his designation and party poll symbol of 'hand' from his Twitter profile amid mounting speculation about his next political move
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