This Week's Top Stories | Elon Musk Buys Twitter For $44 Billion

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4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44 Billion, Dr. Fauci declare the U.S. out of “pandemic phase”, and Trump incites violence over “dangerous” fruit. Here’s what happened this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.6	BAM!
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0:04.6	MUSIC
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0:10.6	The latest twist, in the will they want they story,
0:14.0	that everyone is talking about.
0:15.6	Elon Musk and Twitter.
0:17.8	It's the hottest and messiest relationship drama
0:20.4	this side of Riverdale,
0:21.6	and it looks like after weeks of flirtation and fighting,
0:25.4	the new couple has officially done the deed.
0:28.2	Now it is official, Elon Musk has bought Twitter
0:31.6	for approximately 44 billion.
0:35.0	He's going to be paying each share of Twitter $54 and 20 cents
0:41.8	in a statement released by the company.
0:44.2	Mr. Musk said, free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy.
0:48.4	And Twitter is the digital town square
0:51.2	where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated.
0:55.0	This is a dramatic turn of events from earlier this month.
0:57.2	When Twitter was set to decline Musk offer,
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