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Plain English with Derek Thompson

Instant Reaction Pod! Elon Musk Buys Twitter. So, What Happens Next?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

The Ringer

News, News Commentary

4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Charlie Warzel, author of the Galaxy Brain newsletter at The Atlantic, joins to talk about what Elon Musk will do to Twitter and how his acquisition could change media, tech, and politics. Host: Derek Thompson Guest: Charlie Warzel Producer: Devon Manze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Sean Fennesy, we've got something special cooking on the Prestige TV podcast.

0:06.0

I'll be recapping one of my favorite shows, HBO's Barry, every Sunday night with the writer-director

0:11.2

star of the show, The Great Bill Hater.

0:13.7

We'll talk about the show's wild twists and turns, its special brand of dark comedy,

0:17.7

and how it all came together.

0:18.9

So on Sunday nights, immediately after a new episode airs, you can hear Bill and I break

0:22.7

it all down on the Prestige TV pod.

0:25.3

Subscribe on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.8

Today's episode is an instant reaction episode, and you know what the news is.

0:36.4

Elon Musk has bought Twitter.

0:38.4

Elon Musk has bought Twitter for $44 billion, and this is one of the weirdest tech acquisitions.

0:45.6

I can recall.

0:46.6

To be honest, I still can't believe that this even happened.

0:49.2

For a few days, it looked like it wasn't going to happen.

0:50.8

It looked like Twitter was going to successfully fight off the acquisition, but this morning,

0:56.9

it seemed relatively inevitable that Elon Musk would acquire the company, thus becoming

1:02.0

the chief executive of not only Tesla, the most viable car company in the world,

1:05.9

not only SpaceX, the most advanced space and rocket company in the world, but also now, Twitter.

1:12.5

Twitter is, you know, I think it's important to say an incredibly important product.

1:16.3

It is the straw that stirs the drink of news discourse.

1:19.8

It's also not a very good business.

1:22.2

This is a company that has lost in the history of it being a publicly traded company,

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