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Elon Musk: I will say what I want even if it loses me money
During an interview on CNBC, Elon Musk defended his right to say inflammatory things on Twitter, even if those statements lose him money. He appeared to disassociate briefly after being asked why even bother tweeting. And he eventually quoted The Princess Bride to explain his cavalier attitude toward what he shares on Twitter.
It was a very weird interview.
The interview came after a particular troubling run of tweets for Musk, in which he promoted conspiracy theories about a mass shooting in Texas, was accused of antisemitism after claiming that George Soros “hates humanity,” and retweeted discredited theories about crime and race.
Elon Musk on Tuesday said that if his inflammatory tweets scare away advertisers from Twitter, he will…
Tesla will ‘try a little advertising,’ Elon Musk says
Tesla might be getting into advertising, Elon Musk announced in a shareholder meeting on Tuesday. Tesla has long been a holdout on traditional advertising, and has found extensive growth over the years through mostly word of mouth. But now Musk has seemingly discovered the importance of the advertising business now that he owns Twitter.
“Twitter is highly dependent on advertising, so, here I am, never used advertising really before, and now have a company that’s highly dependent on advertising. So, I guess I should say advertising is awesome, everyone should do it!” Musk said on stage. Musk also pointed out that Tesla could benefit from advertising by shedding light on features people may not know about, Musk said. “We’ll try a little…
Elon Musk says ‘get off your work-from-home bullshit’
In an interview aired on CNBC, Elon Musk called remote work “morally wrong” and “bullshit,” arguing it was unfair to those workers who can’t work from home.
Musk, who banned remote work at Twitter after acquiring the company, has not been shy about sharing his disdain about work from home policies. But in the interview, Musk was more animated than usual, arguing that remote work was counter-productive.
“I’m a big believer that people need to be more productive when they’re in person,” he told CNBC’s David Faber.
“I’m a big believer that people are more productive when they’re in person,” Elon Musk said Tuesday on the work from home trend. “People should get off their goddamn moral high horse with their work-from-home b*******.” h…
Elon Musk teases two new EVs, says Tesla is already building one
Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased two new electric vehicles Tuesday at the automaker’s 2023 annual shareholder’s meeting. The billionaire executive even claimed that Tesla is already in the process of building a new product. “I just want to emphasize that we are actually building a new product,” said Musk. “We are actually designing a new […]
Elon Musk teases two new EVs, says Tesla is already building one by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Elon Musk says Tesla will ‘try a little advertising’
Tesla, a company that has long eschewed conventional advertising, is going to “try” out the scheme, CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday during the automaker’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders. Tesla doesn’t pay for traditional advertising like other automakers. And it hasn’t really needed to. The company has become incredibly popular through other methods of marketing, like […]
Elon Musk says Tesla will ‘try a little advertising’ by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Judge Says Elon Musk Still Can’t Tweet Whatever He Wants
Elon Musk has once again lost a court battle over his right to shitpost unfettered. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City has rejected the billionaire’s bid to end his 2018 agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission that mandates legal oversight on some of Tesla-related tweets.
Chief Twit Elon Musk loses appeal to be able to tweet about Tesla unchecked
Elon Musk lost another bid to end a 2018 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that requires oversight of some of his Tesla-related tweets. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected Musk’s argument that the consent decree reached in 2018 is a “prior restraint” on his speech. Musk, who is […]
Chief Twit Elon Musk loses appeal to be able to tweet about Tesla unchecked by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
Elon Musk names Linda Yaccarino new Twitter CEO
Elon Musk appoints new Twitter CEO, NBCU’s Linda Yaccarino
The rumors are true: Elon Musk has chosen NBCU leader Linda Yaccarino as the next CEO of Twitter. Musk confirmed Yaccarino’s new role in a tweet this morning, a day after he announced that he had completed his search for a new CEO. “Looking forward to working with Linda to transform this platform into X, […]
Elon Musk appoints new Twitter CEO, NBCU’s Linda Yaccarino by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch