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    Oct 24, 2013 08:20 PM EDT

    Excited to join @Twitter as Head of News in January. Leaving @NBCNews at year's end. Grateful to my beloved colleagues for 2+ great years.— Vivian Schiller (@VivianSchiller) October 24, 2013

  • Jury finds Musk misled investors during Twitter takeover, absolves him of some fraud claims

    Jury finds Musk misled investors during Twitter takeover, absolves him of some fraud claims

    Mar 20, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    The central question of the case was whether Musk sent out tweets — including one on May 13, 2022, that said the Twitter deal was “temporarily on hold” while he sought information on the number of fake accounts on the service — as a deliberate scheme to tank Twitter’s shares. The ...

  • Musk defends himself against accusations of misconduct prior to Twitter takeover

    Musk defends himself against accusations of misconduct prior to Twitter takeover

    Mar 05, 2026 12:56 AM EDT

    But the allegations in the case accuse of Musk making a series of misleading statements about the Twitter deal before he served notice in July 2022 that he was pulling the plug on the deal. After Musk backed out, Twitter went to court in Delaware to force him to honor ...

  • SEC sues Elon Musk, alleging he failed to disclose Twitter ownership on time before buying it

    SEC sues Elon Musk, alleging he failed to disclose Twitter ownership on time before buying it

    Jan 15, 2025 02:33 PM EDT

    ... able to underpay “by at least $150 million” for shares he bought after he should have disclosed his ownership of more than 5 percent of Twitter’s shares. Musk bought Twitter in October 2022 and later renamed it X. Musk started amassing Twitter shares in early 2022, and by March ...

  • New book 'Character Limit' explores Musk's impact on social media after buying Twitter

    New book 'Character Limit' explores Musk's impact on social media after buying Twitter

    Oct 02, 2024 10:20 PM EDT

    He’s the richest person in the world, but also one of the most controversial and increasingly engaged in polarizing political debates. A new book details the tumultuous leadership of Elon Musk and his approach to owning X. Ali Rogin spoke with Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, authors of "Character Limit."

  • Musk sues advertisers over alleged boycott after Twitter takeover

    Musk sues advertisers over alleged boycott after Twitter takeover

    Aug 06, 2024 06:40 PM EDT

    WICHITA FALLS, Tex. (AP) — Elon Musk's social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws. The company formerly known as Twitter filed the lawsuit Tuesday in a federal court ...

  • 'Black Twitter' documentary explores its history and cultural impact

    'Black Twitter' documentary explores its history and cultural impact

    May 23, 2024 10:20 PM EDT

    So I'm just really proud and excited that everything that Black Twitter has done and continues to do in the real world too. Amna Nawaz: Well, as we mentioned, it's not Twitter anymore, right? It is X. What does Elon Musk moving in, buying the platform and changing ...

  • Judge orders Musk to testify in SEC probe of his $44 billion Twitter takeover in 2022

    Judge orders Musk to testify in SEC probe of his $44 billion Twitter takeover in 2022

    Feb 12, 2024 10:06 PM EDT

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge has ordered Elon Musk to testify for a third time as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X, in 2022. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler issued an order Saturday giving Musk, his team and ...

  • Elon Musk restores conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' X account, reversing Twitter's ban

    Elon Musk restores conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' X account, reversing Twitter's ban

    Dec 10, 2023 05:02 PM EDT

    ... to go away. “Don’t advertise,” Musk said in an on-stage interview late last month at The New York Times DealBook Summit.After buying Twitter last year, Musk said he was granting “amnesty” for suspended accounts and has since reinstated former President Donald Trump; Ye, the rapper formerly known ...

  • Special counsel obtained search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump's account, documents say

    Special counsel obtained search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump's account, documents say

    Aug 09, 2023 05:45 PM EDT

    ... appeals court in Washington rejecting Twitter's claim that it should not have been held in contempt or sanctioned. X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, sent an automated reply to a request for comment, saying it would respond soon. The filing says prosecutors got the search warrant directing Twitter ...