Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter?

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🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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These days, the bird’s the word. Since shelling out $44 billion for Twitter, critics say Elon Musk is knocking the social media giant off its perch. Under his guidance, a slew of firings, a resurgence of unsavory Tweeters, and a bevy of on-again, off-again bans, have all raised questions about the platform’s long-term viability. Some investors have labeled Musk an albatross around Twitter’s neck, calling for him to stay focused on Tesla and SpaceX. Others say Musk is actually freeing the bird from anti-conservative censorship, which will engender more open discourse. His moves, they say, are all a part of a broader business acumen that has proven successful in the past. In that context, we ask the timely question of whether Elon Musk is killing Twitter. Kara Swisher, Host of “On with Kara Swisher,” Co-host of “Pivot” Podcast, and Editor-at-large of New York Magazine Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner of SkyBridge, Former White House Communications Director, Host of the new podcast "Open Book" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.9	Hi everybody and welcome to Intelligent Squared. I'm John Don Van. And in this program,
0:36.2	we are debating the impact that one man is having on the future of an enterprise you have
0:40.8	all heard of. That enterprise is called Twitter. And the man I know you've heard of him is
0:46.7	Elon Musk. Boy, have we heard of him? And from him, especially since he became solo
0:51.8	an error of Twitter last fall, paying $44 billion for it, firing half of its employees, and
0:57.6	vowing for the 230 million users of Twitter to make it better. His words, Twitter has extraordinary
1:03.9	potential. I will unlock it. So has Elon Musk done that? Or are the steps he's made so
1:09.8	far a lot of missteps? That is what we are debating. To be more specific, the yes, no question,
1:16.5	does Elon Musk killing Twitter? We recorded this one before a live virtual audience. You
1:21.7	will not hear them, but just wanted you to know that they were there. So let's get to
1:25.5	the debate starting with my introduction of our two debaters.
1:30.5	So let's meet our debaters arguing yes, Elon Musk is killing Twitter. Here is host of
1:35.1	on with Cara Swisher, co-host of the podcast Pivot, an editor at large of New York magazine,
1:41.1	Cara Swisher. Thank you.
1:42.9	And arguing know that Elon Musk is not killing Twitter. We have the founder and managing
1:46.8	partner of Skybridge, former White House communications director and host of the podcast,
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