News briefs If control of the House is close, Jan. 3 could be chaos Tribune News Service · Nov 8, 2022
Twitter manager who oversaw election team says Elon Musk cutting 50% of employees just before the midterms ‘certainly doesn’t look good’ “I cannot think of a worse time for Elon Musk to cut off Twitter's resources at the knees,” Edward Perez said. Fortune · Nov 7, 2022
Michael Hiltzik: Is Elon Musk a genius or an idiot? At the heart of Elon Musk's public persona is his image as an engineering and managerial genius. Los Angeles Times · Nov 7, 2022
Elon Musk criticised for meme featuring Nazi soldier The new boss of Twitter appeared to be trying to make a joke about technological change The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022
Fans react to Ryan Reynolds joining Tumblr amid Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover Actor launched his Tumblr page by sharing some memes from his film, ‘Deadpool’ The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022
Kathy Griffin ducks Elon Musk's Twitter ban by using late mom's account: '#FreeKathy' Kathy Griffin has challenged Elon Musk to a game of Twitter whack-a-mole after she was booted from the platform for impersonating the billionaire tech mogul. Los Angeles Times · Nov 7, 2022
Elon Musk Owns Twitter, So the Rules Are Going To Be Whatever He Wants If the bird site's new owner wants to protect free speech, he should focus on resisting government requests to remove content. Reason · Nov 7, 2022
What Elon Musk could learn from Stripe about executing layoffs Twitter’s and Stripe’s layoff memos provide a look at how employers should—and shouldn’t—treat employees. Fortune · Nov 7, 2022
Kathy Griffin Twitter trolls Elon Musk Musk banned Griffin for using his name on Twitter, but she found a fun way to return to continue protesting him Salon · Nov 7, 2022
‘I’m done with Twitter’: Whoopi Goldberg quits ‘messy’ platform over Elon Musk takeover ‘Some speech is not OK free speech,’ talk show host argued The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022
What Twitter's changes mean for news organizations The complaints, fears and angst surrounding changes at troubled tech giant Twitter began unraveling on its own platform by the very people who report the news — journalists. Los Angeles Times · Nov 7, 2022
Howard Stern doesn’t ‘give a (bleep)' if Twitter takes away his blue check Check yourself, Twitter. Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022
Elon Musk urges Twitter followers to vote Republican in midterms The world’s richest man has a message for America: Vote Republican. Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022
Fortune · Nov 7, 2022 Rivian’s post-IPO year from hell: How R.J. Scaringe’s electric-truck maker stumbled Rivian’s hype collided with bad economics, management missteps, and the harsh reality of producing electric vehicles.
Los Angeles Times · Nov 7, 2022 Elon Musk's Hyperloop prototype tube is gone. Does it mark the end of his tunneling dream? LOS ANGELES — Six years ago, SpaceX installed an above-ground tube in front of its Hawthorne, California, headquarters, drawing excitement and intrigue from around the city about Chief Executive Elon Musk's latest experiment.
The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022 ‘Nonsense’: Elon Musk slammed after telling voters to back GOP hours before Election Day ‘Republicans will do to democracy what Elon did to Twitter,’ Lincoln Project writes
Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022 Elon Musk walks back on Twitter job cuts, blue checks in second week Twitter Inc. is heading into its second full workweek under Elon Musk with half its workforce, mounting losses and a couple of unexpected reversals to its plans.
Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022 Twitter lays off about 900 in Bay Area after Elon Musk takeover: official state report Twitter’s wide-ranging layoffs include nearly 900 jobs in the Bay Area and about 1,000 total in California, a huge portion of the company’s local workforce, new state filings show.
Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2022 What is Mastodon, the social media site that Twitter seems to be blocking? Twitter just banned Mastondon’s account, and appears to be blocking links to the site
Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2022 Gigi Hadid quits Twitter branding it ‘a cesspool of hate and bigotry’ The supermodel, 27, criticised Elon Musk’s “new leadership” following his $44 billion takeover
The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022 Kathy Griffin: Comedian uses dead mother’s Twitter account to troll Elon Musk ’I’m back from the grave,’ Griffin wrote
Axios · Nov 7, 2022 Musk weighs in on midterms: "I recommend voting for a Republican Congress" "Shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties," he said.
The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022 Elon Musk urges Twitter followers to vote Republican for ‘shared power’ The Twitter owner says independent voters will decide who controls Congress on Tuesday
The Guardian - US · Nov 7, 2022 Musk promises to investigate Twitter suspension of far-right Brazilian figures High-profile names, including grandson of military dictator, complained they were being denied free speech