Media Firms Exit Twitter as Platform Continues to Stumble

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🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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“Twitter isn’t dead. But it’s getting there,” writes Vox tech reporter Shirin Ghaffary in her new piece describing the chaotic six months since tech billionaire Elon Musk took over the social media platform. NPR and PBS left Twitter last week after Musk misleadingly labeled it “government-funded media,” and more public news organizations, including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, followed suit this week. The departures come on top of rising hate speech on the site, major software glitches and new data showing that worldwide Twitter usage is down since Musk took charge. We look at Twitter’s trajectory and hear from you: is Twitter still relevant? Guests: Bobby Allyn, business reporter covering Silicon Valley, NPR Shirin Ghaffary, tech reporter, Vox Shannon McGregor, assistant professor at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:27.4	Coming up on forum, Twitter isn't dead, but it's getting there, says Vox Tech reporter Shereen Gaffari, about the chaotic six months since tech billionaire Elon Musk took over the social media platform. NPR went silent on Twitter last week, after Musk misleadingly labeled it state-affiliated media,
1:45.3	then government-funded media.
1:47.8	But this week, more public news organizations followed NPR, including the Canadian Broadcasting
1:52.4	Corporation.
1:54.1	Since Musk took charge, the site has seen rising hate speech, major software glitches, a new
1:58.8	data show that worldwide Twitter usage is down. We look at how
2:02.1	the Twitter decline started and how it's going next on Forum. Welcome to Forum. I'm I'm
2:13.8	Kim. Elon Musk has been on a bit of a media tour to reassure advertisers that Twitter is still a valuable place to be,
2:21.4	though not on NPR, of course, which quit the social media site last week. After first being labeled state-affiliated media,
2:28.8	then later government-funded media, which NPR also found objectionable. NPR's departure and that of several other
2:36.5	public news organizations since, including a pause by the CBC, come right around the six-month mark of
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