{"id":16355,"date":"2024-10-27T12:37:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T11:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/27\/elon-musk-hopes-trump-victory-will-help-his-44bn-twitter-bet-pay-off\/"},"modified":"2024-10-27T12:37:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T11:37:26","slug":"elon-musk-hopes-trump-victory-will-help-his-44bn-twitter-bet-pay-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/27\/elon-musk-hopes-trump-victory-will-help-his-44bn-twitter-bet-pay-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk hopes Trump victory will help his $44bn Twitter bet pay off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The platform\u2019s billionaire owner has seen its value plunge as advertisers run shy, revenues drop and user numbers fall<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, there was some trepidation among advertisers, anti-hate-speech groups and staff about Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Those concerns have been borne out: advertisers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/nov\/29\/elon-musk-hurls-defiant-profanity-laced-retort-at-fleeing-advertisers\">sharply reduced spending<\/a> on the platform, Musk has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/aug\/02\/twitter-accuses-anti-hate-speech-group-over-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-in-lost-advertising\">sued nonprofits<\/a> over their coverage of a rise in controversial content and about<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/apr\/12\/elon-musk-says-bbcs-twitter-tag-will-be-changed-from-government-funded-media\"> eight out of 10 employees have been sacked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/oct\/27\/elon-musk-hopes-trump-victory-will-help-his-44bn-twitter-bet-pay-off\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c4c8d876101b0fe097d672bd153f307255ea4570\/0_134_4000_2400\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2ea835be9957ea03a119be814de72d1b\" title=\"Elon Musk hopes Trump victory will help his $44bn Twitter bet pay off\" \/>The platform\u2019s billionaire owner has seen its value plunge as advertisers run shy, revenues drop and user numbers fall<br \/>\nTwo years ago, there was some trepidation among advertisers, anti-hate-speech groups and staff about Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter.<br \/>\nThose concerns have been borne out: advertisers have sharply reduced spending on the platform, Musk has sued nonprofits over their coverage of a rise in controversial content and about eight out of 10 employees have been sacked. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The platform\u2019s billionaire owner has seen its value plunge as advertisers run shy, revenues drop and user numbers fall Two years ago, there was some trepidation among advertisers, anti-hate-speech groups and staff about Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of Twitter. Those concerns have been borne out: advertisers have sharply reduced spending on the platform, Musk has sued &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/27\/elon-musk-hopes-trump-victory-will-help-his-44bn-twitter-bet-pay-off\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elon Musk hopes Trump victory will help his $44bn Twitter bet pay off<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16355"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}