Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion (€44.3bn) takeover of social media platform Twitter after several months of legal wrangling. The buyout saw the immediate exit of the firm’s top bosses – including its chief executive, chairman and finance chief. Musk, officially the world’s richest man, has acquired 100 per cent of Twitter, turning the […]
Elon Musk has seemingly changed his mind about buying social media platform Twitter, and is now willing to proceed with his $44 billion (€44.7bn) takeover. In a letter to the firm, Musk indicated he has agreed to pay the price he offered earlier this year before trying to back out of the deal. The reversal […]
The landscape of social media is ever-changing, especially among teens who often are on the leading edge of this space. A new Pew Research Center survey of American teenagers ages 13 to 17 finds TikTok has rocketed in popularity since its North American debut several years ago and now is a top social media platform […]
As the new season warms up for kick-off, research from comms regulator Ofcom reveals the scale of personal attacks suffered by Premier League footballers every day on Twitter, and sets out what must be done collectively to tackle the issue. Ofcom, which is preparing to regulate tech giants under new online safety laws, teamed up […]
A US judge has ordered that Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk will go to trial in October, despite Musk’s request for a delay. Musk backed out from his $44 billion (€43.1bn) bid to buy Twitter in early-July, prompting the social media company to sue him. Twitter is hoping that the court will order Musk to […]
Elon Musk is backing out of his proposed $44 billion (€43.5bn) acquistion of social media site Twitter, alleging multiple breaches of the agreement. Musk made his movie back in April, sayng he wanted “to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating […]
Mediaocean, the mission-critical platform for omnichannel advertising, has released its H1 2022 Market Report. The report underscores the biggest issues facing marketers, which include the adoption of emerging identity solutions as well as cross-channel planning and measurement. Most notably, the findings of the study show a concern about how the advertising industry will adopt privacy-friendly identity solutions in […]
According to the official Star Wars Twitter account, the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series is now the most-watched Disney+ Original series premiere to date, based on hours streamed in an opening weekend – although no data was released to support the claim. The Tweet on May 31st read: “Thank you to the best fans in the […]
ITV and Twitter have announced a new multi-year content partnership in the UK, which will bring the best of the broadcaster’s output to the platform alongside new content activations. The partnership will bring over 1,200 real-time highlights to Twitter, including events from popular shows such as Love Island and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out […]
Twitter has been hit with $150m (£139.9m) fine in the US after law enforcement officials accused the accused social media platform of illegally using users’ data to help sell targeted ads. Court documents revealed that The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice said Twitter violated an agreement it had with regulators; Twitter […]