The social media platform unveiled its long-awaited Twitter Blue subscription service, which allows users to pay $7.99 per month for a coveted blue tick, as well as a separate gray “official” badge for some high-profile accounts. But the new gray label was almost immediately scrapped, overshadowing the launch of Twitter Blue, which is currently only … Read more
The whirlwind week that Elon Musk took over Twitter began with sleepless nights for company engineers – and ended with half the staff getting the axe. “It was a strange week,” said one former employee speaking on condition of anonymity. “Executives were getting fired or were resigning, but there was basically no official communication until … Read more
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man wants more money and verified Twitter users may have to pay $20 (R365) per month, or lose Blue Tick verification status. The social media site’s new owner, whose profile now reads “Chief Twit”, paid $44 billion to buy the company and said the verification process on the platform, which … Read more
This article was originally published by Vanity Fair. Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, now owns one of the world’s most powerful platforms. The tech magnate’s $44 billion bid to buy Twitter closed Thursday, according to multiple reports, the culmination of an on-again, off-again deal that began six months ago and often played out, fittingly, … Read more
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk took to Twitter on Thursday with a brief statement addressed to ‘Dear Twitter Advertisers’ in which he explained why he purchased the platform. Musk wanted to set the record straight because “there has been much speculation about why I bought Twitter and what I think about advertising. Most of it has … Read more