Apr 25 Watch 8:03 What Elon Musk's $44 billion purchase of Twitter may mean for the company and free speech By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris Elon Musk and Twitter announced a $44 billion deal Monday for Musk to buy the company and take it over. The deal would be the largest to take a public company private in decades. It's also led to major concerns… Continue watching
Apr 25 Trump says he has no plans to rejoin Twitter after Musk reaches deal to buy platform By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump told Fox News that he will instead focus on his own platform, Truth Social, which has been mired in problems since its launch earlier this year. Continue reading
Apr 25 Elon Musk reaches agreement to acquire Twitter for about $44 billion By Tom Krisher, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The outspoken Tesla CEO, the world's wealthiest person, has said he wants to buy Twitter because he thinks it's not living up to its potential as a platform for "free speech."… Continue reading
Apr 25 WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks on Musk Twitter deal, Ukraine efforts By Associated Press The White House won't directly comment on Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, but stressed that President Joe Biden believes that "tech platforms must be held accountable for harms they cause."… Continue reading
Apr 25 Twitter in talks with Musk over bid to buy platform, according to media reports By Associated Press Twitter's board is negotiating with Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his bid to buy the social media platform and a deal could be announced as early as Monday. Continue reading
Apr 21 Musk claims he has $46.5 billion in financing lined up to buy Twitter By Tom Krishner, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Elon Musk says he has lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, and he's trying to negotiate an agreement with the company. Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch 6:06 News Wrap: BA.2 variant drives new wave of COVID cases in the U.S. By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, new COVID-19 numbers provided the latest evidence of another wave fueled by the BA.2 variant, crews in South Africa spent another day searching for survivors after floods killed nearly 400 people, Palestinian youths battled Israeli… Continue watching
Apr 15 Twitter board of directors adopt 'poison pill' defense against Musk takeover bid By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The move would allow existing Twitter shareholders — except for Musk — to buy additional shares at a discount, thereby diluting Musk's stake in the company. Continue reading
Apr 14 Tesla CEO Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, making it a private company, for $43 billion By Michelle Chapman, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter. He says the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company. Continue reading
Apr 13 Lawsuit accuses Elon Musk of breaking law while nearly doubling Twitter stock By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Elon Musk's huge Twitter investment took a new twist Tuesday with the filing of a lawsuit alleging that the colorful billionaire illegally delayed disclosing his big stake in the social media company so he could buy more shares at lower… Continue reading