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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Joanna Partridge

Rebranding Twitter: the shaky history of corporate makeovers

the BP sunburst logo
BP changed its logo in 2000 to include a new sunburst, meant to epitomise its environmental credentials. For BP, read ‘beyond petroleum’. The jury is out whether that worked out or not. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Elon Musk has suggested he could swap Twitter’s bird logo, which has adorned the site since its earliest days, for an “X”. The site’s billionaire owner said the switch could come as early as Monday morning if a suitable replacement emerges in time.

However, such an overhaul could prove highly risky, given the history of customer backlashes to previous high-profile corporate rebrands. Here we look at five of the most controversial:

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