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Elon Musk completes $44B Twitter takeover, begins firing execs
ESPN ^ | October 27, 2022 | Thomas Barrabi and Theo Wayt

Posted on 10/27/2022 7:51:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Elon Musk finally completed his $44 billion Twitter takeover deal, firing the company’s CEO and financial chief and ending a lengthy tug-of-war with its board of directors just before a key deadline, according to a source close to the situation.

Musk took the struggling social network private late Thursday, ousting Chief Executive Parag Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, according to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. It wasn’t immediately clear who would replace them.

Musk also fired Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s top legal and policy executive, and Sean Edgett, general counsel, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andagain; elonmusk; musk; truthsocial; twitter
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To: nickcarraway

I put in for a request for a review over my ban. 5 in. later I got my account back


61 posted on 10/27/2022 10:18:30 PM PDT by roving ( Pronouns- libs/suk)
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To: roving

I just signed up with twitter for the first time.....not sure I’ll participate there as i refused to in the past. But I’m so for Elon taking over I wanted to support that....we’ll see how it goes over the next year and give it that time to readjust itself. now!


62 posted on 10/27/2022 10:24:42 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: All

Musk is now my favorite African American.

Oh and this.

Clay Travis on Twitter: “Twitter’s a private company. If you don’t like it, go start your own.” / Twitter


63 posted on 10/27/2022 10:29:01 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: struggle

About. CLEAN HOUSE. Its a culture of censoship, cancellation, filth, pedos, and child mutilation. Just for starters.


64 posted on 10/27/2022 10:30:01 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: nickcarraway

Gadde, the Goebbells of Twatter, fired.


65 posted on 10/27/2022 10:30:35 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: nomorelurker

Elon is Bruce Wayne minus the batsuit.

CC


66 posted on 10/27/2022 10:30:46 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: TigerClaws
Trump needed to ax 70% of the D.C. power structure and Deep State pawns. CLEAN HOUSE.

That’s what Elon has to do as well.

You don't really think it works the same do you?
67 posted on 10/27/2022 10:53:55 PM PDT by lewislynn (Trump accomplished more in one term than any other President in your lifetime.)
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To: nickcarraway

How is this something for ESPN to be reporting on? Have they branched out from sports and left-wing social commentary?


68 posted on 10/27/2022 11:26:33 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: TigerClaws; MinuteGal; M Kehoe

“But Musk won’t do what Trump did. Trump left all the lower level people still there.

Trump needed to ax 70% of the D.C. power structure and Deep State pawns. CLEAN HOUSE.”

Trump won’t make that mistake this next time around (2024). He’s got revenge on his mind.


69 posted on 10/28/2022 12:20:28 AM PDT by flaglady47 (Trump in 2024 - MAGA Man and Swamp Destroyer)
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To: nickcarraway

The left is having a meltdown because they’ve lost ONE of their propaganda machines. They have a lot of others. Almost all the print papers, all the broadcast networks, most of Youtube, Google, Bing, Facebook and Tiktok.

Twitter is going to allow most free speech rather than blocking it, and the left is losing its marbles.


70 posted on 10/28/2022 5:19:13 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Our news media isn't worth camel spit.)
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To: Drago

Great news!


71 posted on 10/28/2022 5:20:06 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: nickcarraway

Too bad most of the Executives he fired are walking away with $Millions.


72 posted on 10/28/2022 5:31:14 AM PDT by martinidon
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
How is this something for ESPN to be reporting on? Have they branched out from sports and left-wing social commentary?

Do you think televised sports is something other than left-wing social influencing?

73 posted on 10/28/2022 6:10:17 AM PDT by meadsjn (, )
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To: struggle
He’ll probably fire 90% except for the top 5% in ads, 10% in business marketing, 15% in coding

He brought in coders from Tesla and locked all of Twitter's out.

74 posted on 10/28/2022 6:11:12 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: caww

Knowing what I know about Musk, he will use merit as top criteria to hire. You do not become world’s richest person by ignoring merit.


75 posted on 10/28/2022 8:41:47 AM PDT by entropy12
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To: entropy12
I saw a video of him discussing hiring people in an interview about staffing and employees - he will have no issues of who he selects....more than capable he could certainly give lessons.
76 posted on 10/28/2022 11:22:57 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: nomorelurker
“He is quick to work on operational control too...locked out the Twit(ter) software engineers and brought in Tesla software people:”

He has a lot of REAL World software engineers working for him at Tesla and SpaceX. They have to get thing right or they don't work.

77 posted on 10/28/2022 6:48:34 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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