Musk Makes Twitter X: The Deal, the Superfans & the 2024 Election

WSJ Tech News Briefing

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🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In this all-Twitter episode, Tech News Briefing discusses newly revealed details from Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk, examines the Twitter superfans that are rejecting the changes he has made as CEO, including renaming it X, and digs intothe platform’s role as a main stage for political dialogue in the 2024 election. Zoe Thomas hosts this special episode looking at Twitter’s transformation into X. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Friday, September 1.
0:37.0	I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal,
0:40.0	with something a little different for you today.
0:43.0	Big events like elections were typically times when Twitter
0:48.0	really stood out as an online town square.
0:52.0	But after Elon Musk purchased the company,
0:55.0	changed content rules and renamed it to X.
0:58.0	The platform's position has changed in the eyes of many.
1:02.0	So what does that mean for the 2024 election and its candidates?
1:07.0	Our reporter Alexa Kors will join us to discuss.
1:10.0	Plus, die hard fans of Twitter are refusing to accept some of the changes,
1:16.0	including its new name.
1:18.0	We'll tell you the lengths they're going to to avoid it.
1:21.0	Oh, and there's a new book coming out about Musk, his career,
1:26.0	and yes, his purchase of Twitter.
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