Here it is.

From deep inside your audio device of choice.

Looks like musklo.

Well, everything looks like musclough these days, doesn't it?

Ladies and gentlemen, especially this, from of all places the Wall Street Journal.

Yeah.

A lawyer at advertising conglomerate interpublic group.

Got a phone call in December from a lawyer at X, formerly Twitter.

The message was clear, according to several people with knowledge of the conversation.

Get your clients to spend

more in ads on Elon Musk's social media platform, or else, ex-CEO Linda Yakorino?

Lady Yak to me has made comments that seemed like similar warnings in conversations with interpublic executives, according to people with knowledge of those talks.

Interpublic leaders interpreted the communications from X as reminders that the recently announced a $13 billion deal to merge interpublic with rival ad

conglomerate Omnacom group could be torpedoed or at least slowed down by the Trump administration

given Musk's powerful role in the federal government whatever it is

President Trump said this week, Elon Musk wasn't head of Doge, something like that.

They also had a front row seat to Musk's continued criticism of advertisers.

Those advertisers ditched X since he bought it in 2022.

Interpublic has recently signed a new annual deal with X for potential client spending,

people familiar with the agreement, said,

quote, we now see brands returning in quite significant numbers

because the easiest route is just spend a minimum viable amount on the platform,

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