TOBY SHAPSHAK: Musk owns Twitter. Now what?
The world’s richest person owns the most important social media platform. Expect chaos to ensue
03 November 2022 - 05:00
Stop for a moment and ponder the thought that went into Elon Musk walking into Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters with a sink; all so he could tweet a picture with the caption “let that sink in”.
Like it or not, the world’s richest person owns the most important social media platform. All for the bargain-basement price of $44bn, while avoiding a bruising legal battle in the delightfully named Court of Chancery in Delaware, where Twitter is registered...
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