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Back to news homeInside Twitter, Fears Musk Will Return Platform to Its Early Troubles
Elon Musk had a plan to buy Twitter and undo its content moderation policies. On Tuesday, just a day after reaching his $44 billion deal to buy the company, Mr. […]
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 […]
The Elusive Politics of Elon Musk
Mr. Musk has objected when politicians have tried to characterize his views as in sync with their own, insisting that he would rather leave politics to others, despite ample evidence […]
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 […]
Elon Musk, After Toying With Twitter, Now Wants It All
Should Twitter put such a measure in place, Mr. Musk could take his bid directly to shareholders with a so-called tender offer. If they like Mr. Musk’s offer, they could […]