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Big Technology Podcast

Debate: Has Elon’s Twitter Takeover Worked? — With Ryan Mac, Kate Conger, Zach Coelius

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Technology, Religion & Spirituality, Business News, Business, Religion, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Politics, News Commentary, Government, Investing, Tech News, Social Sciences, News

4.6395 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Mac and Kate Conger are reporters at The New York Times and the authors of a new book, Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. Zach Coelius is managing partner at Coelius Capital — and a VC who thinks Elon is doing a pretty good job with the social media company. In this episode, our guests debate whether Musk’s Twitter takeover is going to plan, with respectful back and forth about one of the most controversial projects from one of the world’s most controversial business leaders.  --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0

Let's debate how Elon Musk's Twitter takeover is going with the authors of a new book critical of his stewardship of the social media site and a VC who thinks it's going pretty well.

0:10.0

That's coming up right after this.

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Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech

1:08.7

world and beyond.

1:09.9

Let's talk about Elon's takeover of Twitter.

1:12.2

We're going to do it again, this time with the authors of a new book that has revealing new

1:16.3

details about Elon's Twitter takeover. Ryan Mack and Kate Conger here. They're both reporters

1:21.8

for the New York Times and they're the author of Character Limit, How Elon Must Destroy Twitter.

1:27.2

And lest you think this is a one-sided discussion, it won't be.

1:30.9

We do nuance here.

1:32.0

We do debate on this show.

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