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Elon Musk Purchases Twitter for $44 Billion and Fires Top Executives

HeadlineOct 28, 2022

Elon Musk has closed his deal to purchase Twitter for $44 billion and has fired the company’s top executives, including its CEO and CFO. Musk changed his Twitter bio to read “Chief Twit” and tweeted, “the bird is freed,” late Thursday. Twitter employees have expressed fears Musk would slash its existing workforce by 75%. Meanwhile, many are expecting Elon Musk to reinstate Donald Trump’s account, which was permanently suspended after the January 6 insurrection.

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