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ELON MUSK AND TWITTER - ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE A WIKI TWEET?

ELON MUSK AND TWITTER - ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE A WIKI TWEET?

FromM&A STORIES - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly


ELON MUSK AND TWITTER - ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE A WIKI TWEET?

FromM&A STORIES - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
May 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In today's episode, Rob and Toby attempt to make sense of Elon Musk's $44Bn acquisition of Twitter. Attempt is the operative word here because only Elon musk knows why he's doing this so all Rob and Toby can do is offer some thoughts and speculation.What we do agree on is that this isn't just a pure social crusade by any stretch and there is most likely a business model in Elon's head that he thinks can monetize Twitter.  And one of the thoughts that we offer is maybe Musk has a 2 step approach where step 1 is to steer Twitter more towards a Wikipedia type platform (and thus allow true moderation by society rather than powerful individuals) and step 2 is a subscription type model where people will pay for good (self-moderated) content.One thing Rob and Toby can be certain about is we don't know what Elon Musk has in mind for Twitter but we think our hypothesis has got some merit. Are we likely to see Wiki Tweets in the not-too-distant future?  Does the application of a Wikipedia type model make sense? What do you think? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
Released:
May 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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These M&A War Stories podcasts are for anyone engaged in M&A or Divestment activity. Every week your hosts Robert Heaton & Toby Tester, along with special podcast guests, will draw on their past M&A experience through case studies and what hopefully will prove to be interesting stories. By chipping in with our own thoughts and experiences our aim is that all of us professionally involved in M&A – CEOs, CFOs, Executives, Consultants and Advisors, get that little bit better next time round.