Enlarge / Elon Musk at a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas on February 10, 2022. (credit: Getty Images | Jim Watson) Twitter’s board of directors has agreed to sell the company to Elon Musk for $44 billion, the company announced today. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) Twitter’s board of directors is reportedly on the verge of accepting Elon Musk’s offer to buy the company, according to news reports. “Twitter is poised to agree a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion in cash” and “may announce the $54.20-per-share deal later on Monday once its […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) If Twitter’s board initially thought Elon Musk’s offer to buy the social media company for $43 billion was just a stunt, it has now found itself on the defensive on multiple fronts. After the world’s richest man revealed on Thursday how he plans to fund his takeover bid, […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Duncan Hull / Getty) Elon Musk is continuing his pursuit of Twitter. In an SEC filing [PDF] Thursday, Musk revealed that he has $46.5 billion in financing lined up to close the deal. The Tesla and SpaceX founder would cover $21 billion of the purchase price himself. A consortium of […]
If Drive to Survive on Netflix has taught us anything, it’s that people love the story behind the story, and it can rocket the popularity of a sport if they allow people to see it. But you don’t need a Netflix special in order to get into some personality and character. Twitter can do that […]
If I had to put a face to the unvaccinated, it would probably look like Mel Kiper Jr.’s. I can’t really tell you why, because it’s not like he’s been even the most outspoken at ESPN about being a dingus. But there’s something about his mush…the fact that it looks like he’s never smiled, and […]
Two of the people not quoted in ESPN’s nearly flawless piece about Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai’s problematic ties to China — including a business under the umbrella of his company developing facial recognition software that may or may not have been equipped with an “Uyghur alarm” to alert police of a person that the… […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Peter Dazeley) Twitter’s board of directors today approved a poison tablet to prevent a hostile takeover in response to Elon Musk’s offer to buy the firm. “The company} on Friday adopted a so-called poison pill that makes it difficult for him to increase his stake beyond 15 percent, ” The […]
The fans who tuned into ESPN’s pregame coverage of San Antonio and New Orleans Wednesday night got a little extra treat. There was a Zion Williamson sighting on the court. Before the game, Williamson did some on-court work and put on a show for those in attendance, mostly team staff. Read more…
Enlarge (credit: JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Elon Musk on Wednesday offered to personally acquire Twitter in an all-cash deal valued at $43 billion. Musk laid out the terms of the proposal in a letter to Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor that was reproduced in an SEC filing. Twitter confirmed […]