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Jan 11, 2023 9:55 AM CST

Latest Suit Against Twitter Seeks $400K

Canary Marketing said its invoices haven't been paid since the takeover

(Newser) - Add this to the tally of recent Twitter woes: another lawsuit over alleged nonpayment of services. This one was filed Friday by marketing firm Canary Marketing, which SF Gate reports "designs merchandise for major brands, including LaCroix, Gatorade, Slack, and KFC." It has counted Twitter among those clients...

Elon Musk Earns Unwanted Milestone on Net Worth

Elon Musk
Has Now Lost
the Most Money
in History

Dec 31, 2022 10:02 AM CST

Elon Musk Has Now Lost the Most Money in History

Bloomberg reports he has become the first person to lose $200B

(Newser) - A little over a year ago, Elon Musk was sitting on the astronomical sum of about $340 billion in net worth, making him the richest human on the planet by a wide margin. Today, Bloomberg reports that Musk has became the first person in history to lose $200 billion. The...

Report: Things Are
Getting Messy at Twitter HQ

Dec 30, 2022 7:39 AM CST

Report: Things Are Getting Messy at Twitter HQ

Quite literally

(Newser) - Elon Musk has been "cutting costs like crazy," as he put it, at Twitter in a bid to reverse what he says is a projected negative cash flow of roughly $3 billion next year. The New York Times speaks with largely unnamed sources who detail the shape those...

Musk: I'll Keep Tesla Stock
for 18 Months

Dec 23, 2022 4:35 PM CST

Musk: I'll Keep Tesla Stock for 18 Months

Stock's value has plunged since Twitter purchase

(Newser) - CEO Elon Musk says he won't sell any more shares in Tesla for 18 months or more, likely an attempt to comfort shareholders of the electric vehicle company who have watched the stock lose nearly half of its value since Musk's purchase of Twitter. "I'm not...

After Period of Silence, Elon Musk Is Tweeting Again

Elon Musk Says He'll
Resign as Twitter CEO

UPDATED

Dec 20, 2022 8:38 PM CST

Elon Musk Says He'll Resign as Twitter CEO

He says it'll happen 'as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job'

(Newser) - After a period of uncertainty, Elon Musk has confirmed that he plans to abide by the results of a poll that asked whether he should step down as Twitter CEO, which ended with 57.5% in favor of resignation. "I will resign as CEO as soon as I find...

Twitter Rival Is Growing Fast

Dec 20, 2022 8:11 PM CST

Twitter Rival Is Growing Fast

Mastodon says number of active users went from 300K to 2.5M month-on-month

(Newser) - While Twitter is in no danger of being trampled by Mastodon any time soon, the rival social media platform has been growing at an explosive pace since Elon Musk took charge of Twitter. According to a blog post Tuesday from Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko, the number of monthly active users...

Snoop Dogg Has a
Twitter Suggestion

Dec 19, 2022 12:29 PM CST

Snoop Dogg Has a Twitter Suggestion

In poll, 81% of more than 2M voters say he should replace Elon Musk

(Newser) - The Yes side won in Elon Musk's poll on whether he should step down as head of Twitter—and while he hasn't said who will replace him if he keeps his promise to abide by the results, another poll has suggested a candidate. Snoop Dogg tweeted a poll...

Twitter Poll Wants Musk Out
as CEO. He Promised to Abide

UPDATED

Dec 19, 2022 6:31 AM CST

Twitter Poll Wants Musk Out as CEO. He Promised to Abide

Most users want him to step down

(Newser) - Should Elon Musk step down as CEO of Twitter? He commissioned a new poll of users asking that question and promised to abide by the results. By Monday morning, the results were in: The majority of the approximately 17 million voters called for him to step down, 57.5% to...

Twitter (Briefly) Disallows
Promotion of Rivals

UPDATED

Dec 18, 2022 5:15 PM CST

Twitter (Briefly) Disallows Promotion of Rivals

New policy is deleted, replaced with a poll asking users their opinion on it

(Newser) - Once again, a new Twitter policy has been swiftly rescinded. On Sunday, the platform said it would no longer let users promote accounts on rival platforms. But after what CNN describes as an "immense backlash," Twitter removed the blog post and tweet thread announcing the new policy. Instead,...

Musk Goes Back
to Twitter Investors

Dec 17, 2022 2:05 PM CST

Musk Goes Back to Twitter Investors

Proposal for another round of funding again is based on a $44 billion valuation

(Newser) - Elon Musk has made investors an offer they might be able to refuse: Buy more shares of Twitter at $54.20, the price he paid in October when he took over the company—though the billionaire has since conceded he overpaid. A Tesla investor who said he chipped in less...

Musk Lets
Journos Out
of Twitter Jail,
but EU, UN
Are Ticked

THE RUNDOWN

Dec 17, 2022 8:30 AM CST

Musk Lets Journos Out of Twitter Jail, but EU, UN Are Ticked

United Nations calls the bans a 'dangerous precedent'; EU threatens sanctions

(Newser) - "The people have spoken." That was Elon Musk's overnight tweet on Friday announcing the results of his most recent poll, which asked his followers when to unsuspend the various reporters Twitter suspended earlier in the week for what Musk claims was real-time "doxxing" on his location....

Twitter Abruptly Suspends
Numerous Tech Journalists

Dec 16, 2022 5:04 AM CST

Twitter Abruptly Suspends Numerous Tech Journalists

Musk claims they violated new policy on revealing locations

(Newser) - Elon Musk's claims to be a "free speech absolutist" were questioned once again Thursday night when Twitter abruptly suspended the accounts of numerous journalists who had been reporting on the CEO, including tech journalists from the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, and Mashable. Musk claimed they...

After Suspending @ElonJet,
Musk Tweets New Rules

UPDATED

Dec 15, 2022 12:51 AM CST

After Suspending @ElonJet, Musk Tweets New Rules

Account tracked billionaire's private jet

(Newser) - After the @ElonJet account was banned by Twitter, it was briefly reinstated, only to be banned again. The account of Jack Sweeney, @ElonJet's creator, and dozens of other accounts he operated, all remained banned Wednesday night, the Verge reports. After the accounts went dark, Elon Musk tweeted what are...

Dorsey: Twitter Mistakes
Were 'My Fault Alone'

Dec 14, 2022 4:27 PM CST

Dorsey: Twitter Mistakes Were 'My Fault Alone'

He condemns attacks on former colleagues, says files should have been released 'Wikileaks-style'

(Newser) - Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is pushing back—relatively gently—against some of the decisions Elon Musk has made at Twitter, while acknowledging he made mistakes of his own. In a blog post , Dorsey, who stepped down as CEO just over a year ago, set out the principles he now believes...

Twitter Is Having a Fire Sale

Dec 14, 2022 2:25 PM CST

Twitter Is Having a Fire Sale

Now's the time to get your 3-foot statue of a blue bird logo

(Newser) - Twitter isn't just shedding workers, but also the stuff they used, from flat-screen TVs to espresso machines. Hundreds of "surplus corporate office assets" from Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco—where conference rooms have reportedly been turned into bedrooms —will be sold in a January auction organized...

Fauci: Twitter
'Almost a
Cesspool of
Misinformation'

UPDATED

Dec 14, 2022 2:44 AM CST

Fauci: Twitter 'Almost a Cesspool of Misinformation'

He addresses Elon Musk's prosecution comment

(Newser) - Anthony Fauci addressed Elon Musk's Sunday tweets about him, telling CNN commentator David Axelrod in a podcast interview, "I don't respond to him." Fauci continued, "I don’t pay any attention to him because that’s merely a distraction. And if you get drawn into...

Twitter's Former Top Safety
Exec Forced to Flee His Home

Dec 13, 2022 7:05 AM CST

Twitter's Former Top Safety Exec Forced to Flee His Home

Meanwhile, social media company ditches its Trust and Safety Council

(Newser) - Less than an hour before a scheduled meeting between Twitter execs and the social network's Trust and Safety Council, the council was abruptly dissolved Monday night. "As Twitter moves into a new phase, we are re-evaluating how best to bring external insights into our product and policy development...

Apple Users Get Hit With
Surcharge for Twitter Blue

Dec 12, 2022 10:35 AM CST

Apple Users Get Hit With Surcharge for Twitter Blue

Blue check mark system is back, but some will be paying more than others

(Newser) - Twitter's blue check-mark system under Elon Musk didn't go so well when it was launched last month, thanks to a proliferation of phony accounts, and it was suspended almost as soon as it began. Now it looks like the paid subscription program is coming back, though some people...

Women's Lawsuit Accuses
Twitter of Bias in Layoffs

Dec 8, 2022 5:15 PM CST

Women's Lawsuit Accuses Twitter of Bias in Layoffs

57% of female employees and 47% of male workers lost jobs, filing says

(Newser) - Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter when Elon Musk took over are suing the company in federal court, claiming that last month's abrupt mass layoffs disproportionately affected female employees. The discrimination lawsuit is the latest legal challenge over Musk's decimation of Twitter's workforce through mass...

At Twitter HQ, 'Yet Another
Unspoken Sign of Disrespect'

Dec 7, 2022 8:59 AM CST

At Twitter HQ, 'Yet Another Unspoken Sign of Disrespect'

City of San Francisco is investigating complaint there are now makeshift bedrooms at Twitter HQ

(Newser) - Those still employed by Twitter who work out of the company's San Francisco headquarters are said to have found quite a surprise at work on Monday: conference rooms that had been converted into "modest bedrooms featuring unmade mattresses [and] drab curtains," an apparent hint that the staffers...