Sources: ahead of Elon Musk’s takeover, advertisers on Twitter are concerned about looser content moderation and potential conflicts of interest for auto ads (Wall Street Journal)

October 27, 2022

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: ahead of Elon Musk’s takeover, advertisers on Twitter are concerned about looser content moderation and potential conflicts of interest for auto ads — Marketers are concerned about the Tesla CEO’s stance on content moderation and potential conflicts in auto advertising if the deal for Twitter completes

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Filings: after taking over Twitter, Elon Musk sold 19.5M Tesla shares, worth almost $4B, between November 4-8; Musk retains a roughly 14% stake in Tesla (Rebecca Elliott/Wall Street Journal)

Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal:
Filings: after taking over Twitter, Elon Musk sold 19.5M Tesla shares, worth almost $4B, between November 4-8; Musk retains a roughly 14% stake in Tesla — The 19.5 million shares sold this month follows earlier sales in April and August — Elon Musk sold almost $4 billion …

November 9, 2022

Sources: Twitter offers advertisers generous incentives, including matching $500K to $1M in spending in 2022, in a bid to jump start its faltering business (Patience Haggin/Wall Street Journal)

Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Twitter offers advertisers generous incentives, including matching $500K to $1M in spending in 2022, in a bid to jump start its faltering business — Advertisers booking at least $500,000 in incremental spending would be matched, up to a $1 million cap — Elon Musk Says Twitter Bankruptcy Is a Possibility.

December 2, 2022

At Tesla AI Day, Musk reveals a protoype of Optimus, a humanoid robot that uses Tesla’ AI and advanced driver assist features, expects to cost less than $20K (The Verge)

The Verge:
At Tesla AI Day, Musk reveals a protoype of Optimus, a humanoid robot that uses Tesla’ AI and advanced driver assist features, expects to cost less than $20K — Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed a prototype of a humanoid robot that he said utilizes the company’s AI software …

October 1, 2022

General Mills and Audi paused Twitter ads, and sources say Pfizer and Mondelez have as well, as concern over content moderation grows (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
General Mills and Audi paused Twitter ads, and sources say Pfizer and Mondelez have as well, as concern over content moderation grows — Advertisers are concerned about a flurry of executive departures at Twitter and new owner Elon Musk’s plans for content moderation

November 4, 2022

Sources: Elon Musk has pulled more than 50 of his trusted Tesla employees, mostly software engineers from the Autopilot team, to help at Twitter (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Sources: Elon Musk has pulled more than 50 of his trusted Tesla employees, mostly software engineers from the Autopilot team, to help at Twitter — – Tesla CEO Elon Musk, now sole director and CEO of Twitter, is asking employees of the social network to redesign their subscription and verification systems within one week.

October 31, 2022

Sources: Elon Musk asked Tesla engineers to meet with Twitter product leaders to review code, which Twitter can no longer change until the deal closes (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: Elon Musk asked Tesla engineers to meet with Twitter product leaders to review code, which Twitter can no longer change until the deal closes — Elon Musk asked engineers from Tesla Inc., the electric-car maker he runs, to meet with product leaders at Twitter Inc. …

October 27, 2022

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