With Twitter in chaos, Mastodon is on fire
CNN By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In the week since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the number of people signing up for a small social network called…
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Twitter prepares to roll out new paid subscription service that includes blue checkmark
Twitter on Saturday launched an updated version of its iOS app that promises to allow users to pay a monthly subscription to receive a blue checkmark…
Continue ReadingWith Twitter in chaos, Mastodon is on fire
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In the week since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the number of people signing up for a small social network called…
Continue ReadingWith Twitter in chaos, Mastodon is on fire
CNN By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In the week since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the number of people signing up for a small social network called…
Continue ReadingElon Musk said Twitter has seen a ‘massive drop in revenue’ as more brands pause ads
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Clare Duffy and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Elon Musk said Friday that Twitter has seen a “massive drop in revenue,” as…
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s Twitter lays off employees across the company
CNN By Donie O’Sullivan and Clare Duffy, CNN Twitter on Friday laid off employees in departments across the company, in a severe round of cost…
Continue ReadingElon Musk said Twitter has seen a ‘massive drop in revenue’ as more brands pause ads
By Clare Duffy and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Elon Musk said Friday that Twitter has seen a “massive drop in revenue,” as a growing number…
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s Twitter lays off employees across the company
By Donie O’Sullivan and Clare Duffy, CNN Twitter on Friday laid off employees in departments across the company, in a severe round of cost…
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s Twitter informs staff layoffs are set to begin
CNN By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Elon Musk will begin laying off Twitter employees on Friday morning, according to a memo sent to staff.…
Continue ReadingElon Musk wants Twitter users to pay to be verified. It could create a new set of headaches for the company
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business In 2009, after Twitter was sued by then-St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa for being impersonated on the…
Continue ReadingAmazon will pause corporate hiring for months
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon is pressing pause on corporate hiring and expects to keep the policy in place for months, in the latest…
Continue ReadingLyft to lay off 13% of staff
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Lyft on Thursday said it will lay off 13% of its staff, or nearly 700 employees, as it rethinks staffing amid…
Continue ReadingTikTok makes clear European data can be accessed by China-based employees
By Brian Fung, CNN TikTok updated its privacy policies for European users on Tuesday, adding explicit disclosures that personal data from the app may…
Continue ReadingFCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban
By Brian Fung, CNN The US government should ban TikTok rather than come to a national security agreement with the social media app that might allow…
Continue ReadingFCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN The US government should ban TikTok rather than come to a national security agreement with the social media app that might…
Continue ReadingTwitter’s C-suite clears out as Musk cements power over the company
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business On October 27, the same day Elon Musk completed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, the company’s chief customer…
Continue ReadingElon Musk hints that Donald Trump will not be back on Twitter before the midterms
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk indicated on Wednesday that the Twitter account of former President Donald Trump will not be restored ahead of…
Continue ReadingTwitter founder Jack Dorsey to remain invested in the company under Elon Musk
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down from the company’s board earlier this year, but…
Continue ReadingMusk says Twitter will charge $8 a month for account verification after criticism for $19.99 plan
By Jennifer Korn After facing criticism for his plan to charge Twitter users $19.99 a month to get or keep a verified account, Elon Musk has a…
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After Elon Musk’s wild weekend on Twitter, will advertisers stick with it?
Hours before news broke on Thursday that he had completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk wrote an open letter to advertisers…
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