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Back to news homeHow Twitter’s Board Went From Fighting Elon Musk to Accepting Him
Twitter’s board had reached the end of the road.It was April 24. Ten days earlier, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, had made an unsolicited bid to buy Twitter for […]
Elon Musk Agrees to Buy Twitter
Twitter, which went public in 2013, has also had a tumultuous corporate history. It has repeatedly dealt with board dysfunction and drama with its founders, and was courted by other […]
Twitter Employees Search for Answers as Musk Deal Takes Shape
In January 2020, thousands of Twitter employees gathered in Houston for a corporate summit called #OneTeam. During the event, Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive at the time, revealed he had […]
Twitter’s Board Is Said to Seriously Consider Elon Musk’s Bid
Twitter may be moving closer to a deal with Elon Musk.The board of the social media service met on Sunday morning to discuss Mr. Musk’s unsolicited $46.5 billion bid to […]
Elon Musk Races to Secure Financing for Twitter Bid
Elon Musk is racing to secure funding for his $43 billion bid to buy Twitter.Morgan Stanley, the investment bank working with Mr. Musk on the potential deal, has been calling […]
Twitter Counters Elon Musk’s Takeover Bid With a Poison Pill
Poison pills have been around for decades. The lawyer Martin Lipton, a founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, invented the maneuver, also called a shareholder rights plan, in […]
Twitter Expected to Employ Poison Pill to Counter Musk Takeover
Twitter on Friday unveiled its counterattack against Elon Musk by putting in place a corporate maneuver known as a poison pill.The strategy aims to slow or block Mr. Musk’s $43 […]
New Era Begins at Warner Bros., Back Toward Its Entertainment Roots
“Success is about creative talent, in front of the screen, and behind the screen, and fighting and fighting to create a culture that supports that creative vision,” Mr. Zaslav said […]
Discovery Closes In on Acquisition of WarnerMedia
Discovery, the medium-size media company that began as a small cable network in 1985, is on the brink of something once unthinkable: assuming ownership of a fabled Hollywood company that […]