Tag: Twitter

• Saturday, May 13th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Linda Yaccarino is Twitter's new CEO as Elon Musk steps down

  

  According to the Washington Post, Linda Yaccarino has been chosen to succeed tycoon Elon Musk as CEO of Twitter. She was working as president of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal. The announcement comes the day after Musk said he would be stepping down and that he will move into the role of executive chairman and CTO (chief technology officer). In December, Musk asked his Twitter followers if he should step down as CEO and 57.5% said yes.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  Twitter stunt by Elon Musk results in cryptocurrency soaring

  

  Twitter adopting Dogecoin's Japanese Shiba Inu dog symbol as the brand's logo resulted in an increase in value of over 26%, it was reported.

• Monday, March 20th 2023 - 15:14 UTC

  Trump says he will be arrested, calls for nationwide protests

  

  Law enforcement sources have not ruled out any deployment next Tuesday should former President Donald Trump be arrested as he has forecast on Truth Social, the network he founded after he was banned from Facebook and Twitter.

• Saturday, November 5th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  Half of Twitter workers to lose their jobs under Musk

  

  Twitter workers found out Friday that their jobs were on the line as they were told not to go to the office and stay at home because all access cards had been suspended.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Musk finally takes over Twitter and sacks many top executives

  

  South African entrepreneur Elon Musk Thursday agreed to buy Twitter for US$ 44 billion and sacked many top executives as his first move proving he was in charge of the social media platform.

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Musk backs down on Twitter buy-over deal

  

  South African billionaire Elon Musk finally decided not to move forward with his plans to buy over Twitter and withdraw the US$ 44 billion he had once offered.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 00:27 UTC

  Musk's Twitter account grows despite his absence from social media

  

  Billionaire Elon Musk, who has vowed to buy over the Twitter social media platform, has suddenly vanished from the space, thus raising speculations about his ulterior motives, as both his tweets and the negotiations for the transaction are on hold.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Musk has second thoughts on Twitter deal

  

  Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is now having second thoughts about his announcement to buy over Twitter for US$ 44 billion, saying the company is hiding key information from him about fake posts and “spam”.

• Friday, May 13th 2022 - 19:54 UTC

  Musk puts Twitter buy-over on hold over fudgy financial statements

  

  Billionaire Elon Musk Friday announced he was having second thoughts about buying over Twitter, prompting the social network's shares to plunge 20% in early trading.

• Monday, April 25th 2022 - 20:45 UTC

  Elon Musk reaches deal to buy over Twitter

  

  Billionaire Elon Musk Monday agreed to buy over 100% of Twitter for US$44 billion, at a value of US$ 54.20, the company announced in a press release.