{"id":504360,"date":"2022-10-28T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/elon-musk-completes-twitter-purchase-fires-ceo-and-other-top-execs-reports\/"},"modified":"2022-10-28T04:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T01:30:00","slug":"elon-musk-completes-twitter-purchase-fires-ceo-and-other-top-execs-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-completes-twitter-purchase-fires-ceo-and-other-top-execs-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"#: Elon Musk completes Twitter purchase, fires CEO and other top execs: reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af5133139ac6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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id=\"%E2%80%9C_Elon_Musk_completes_Twitter_purchase_fires_CEO_and_other_top_execs_reports%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;: Elon Musk completes Twitter purchase, fires CEO and other top execs: reports&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\">\n<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap crawler\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0001333108\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div 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long-anticipated sale had officially closed.<\/p>\n<p> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/elon-musk-completes-twitter-takeover-11666918031?mod=mktw&amp;mod=article_inline\" class=\"icon none\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, Washington Post and others reported, based on unnamed sources, that the top executives of Twitter<br \/>\n        TWTR,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203180645\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+0.66%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       were fired and escorted from the building, including Chief Executive Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and Vijaya Gadde, head of legal policy, trust and safety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opinion: Twitter stood up to Elon Musk and won, but will it feel like a win once he owns it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       The acquisition ends months of legal wrangling after Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla Inc.<br \/>\n        TSLA,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203558040\/lastsale\" class=\"positive\">+0.20%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and SpaceX and a frequent Twitter user, offered to buy Twitter in April. After reaching an agreement with Twitter\u2019s board to buy the social media company for $44 billion, Musk tried to back out of the deal and Twitter sued him. He faced a Friday deadline to complete the deal or face trial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See: Elon Musk buying Twitter \u2018puts our democracy at stake,\u2019 civil-rights advocates say<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday morning, Musk signaled a deal was imminent when he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1585619322239561728?s=20&amp;t=-bkc93YDnYuDpjGzHu06ug\" class=\"icon none\">tweeted<\/a> a statement aimed at assuring advertisers, some of whom might be concerned about his plans for content moderation. Musk has said one of his motivations for buying the platform is related to complaints about censorship, mostly from people who have been banned because they have violated Twitter\u2019s terms of service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!\u201d Musk said in his statement to advertisers Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter did not immediately return a request for comment late Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter shares have rallied 26% over the past month, closing Thursday at $53.70,  close to the $54.20 share price Musk agreed to pay in April.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Levi Sumagaysay\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/author\/levi-sumagaysay\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"twitter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/levisu\",\"text\":\"@levisu\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/mailto:levi.sumagaysay@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"levi.sumagaysay@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Levi_Sumagaysay\"><\/span>Levi Sumagaysay<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><ufc-follow-author-widget product=\"marketwatch\" author-id=\"236_MW\" author-name=\"Levi Sumagaysay\" signin-url=\"https:\/\/accounts.marketwatch.com\/login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Felon-musk-completes-twitter-purchase-fires-ceo-and-other-top-execs-reports-11666918507%3Frss%3D1%26siteid%3Drss\" panda-api=\"https:\/\/follow-api.marketwatch.com\"><\/ufc-follow-author-widget><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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