Elon Musk says that he plans to make another move that will complicate news media outlets effort to draw traffic to their content on Twitter/X.
He confirmed a report in Fortune that the platform will strip out the headline from story links so that the links are only from the article’s lead image.
“This is coming from me directly. Will greatly improve the esthetics,” Musk wrote on Twitter/X on Monday.
The plans were revealed on the same day as a lengthy piece on Musk in The New Yorker written by Ronan Farrow. The story delved into Musk’s influence over the war in Ukraine because he provides the Ukrainian military with the use of his Starlink internet service. But he has threatened to cut off access, while at the same time has had conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In one anecdote from last year involving a call with Colin Kahl,...
He confirmed a report in Fortune that the platform will strip out the headline from story links so that the links are only from the article’s lead image.
“This is coming from me directly. Will greatly improve the esthetics,” Musk wrote on Twitter/X on Monday.
The plans were revealed on the same day as a lengthy piece on Musk in The New Yorker written by Ronan Farrow. The story delved into Musk’s influence over the war in Ukraine because he provides the Ukrainian military with the use of his Starlink internet service. But he has threatened to cut off access, while at the same time has had conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In one anecdote from last year involving a call with Colin Kahl,...
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- Deadline Film + TV
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