Coverage dated September 17, 2023 to September 18, 2023

Musk considers charging all X users monthly fee

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Elon Musk has sparked outrage among fans of his social media platform X by suggesting he might introduce a monthly fee for all users.

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  1. Deadline

    Elon Musk Floats Plan To Charge “Small Monthly” Payment For Anyone To Use X, Formerly Known As Twitter (opens Deadline)

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    Deadline's feed description

    Elon Musk said that X, formerly known as Twitter, is moving to a “small monthly payment system” because “it’s the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots.̶…

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, is moving to monthly subscription fees and has 550 million users (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Musk used a livestreamed conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss plans for Twitter, now X, and rebut allegations of antisemitism.

  3. Variety

    Elon Musk Suggests He Will Charge All X/Twitter Users a Fee to Be on the Platform (opens Variety)

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    Variety's feed description

    Elon Musk may flip the switch to make X — the social network formerly known as Twitter — an entirely subscription-based platform. Musk brought up the idea of charging all users of X/Twi…

  4. NBC News

    Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, is moving to small monthly subscription (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Musk did not say how much a new plan would cost users of the social network, or what other features would or would not be included with payment at the lowest tier.

  5. New York Post

    Elon Musk says users will soon have to pay for X in effort to stop bots (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Elon Musk announced on Monday he is moving to put the platform formally known as Twitter behind a paywall – requiring every user to pay “a small amount of money.”

  6. Digital Journal

    Musk considers charging all X users monthly fee (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Elon Musk has sparked outrage among fans of his social media platform X by suggesting he might introduce a monthly fee for all users.

  7. Washington Examiner

    Elon Musk to charge all X users 'small monthly payment' to use social media platform (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk, who owns the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, said he will be charging people a "small monthly payment" to use the platform.

  8. Al Jazeera

    Musk says X could charge a monthly access fee (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    In an effort to combat bots, Musk says the company is moving to having a small monthly payment for access.

  9. CBS News

    Elon Musk suggests X will start charging all users "small monthly payment" (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Elon Musk said the monthly fee to use X, formerly known as Twitter, would be a "small amount of money."

  10. The Guardian

    Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, is to charge all users subscription fees (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Billionaire also says platform has 550 million monthly users generating up to 200m posts a day

  11. Washington Times

    Musk wants users to pay for X accounts (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Tech billionaire Elon Musk said all users eventually will have to pay to use his embattled platform X.

  12. FOX 5 New York

    Elon Musk suggests he'll charge X users a fee to be on platform (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    The billionaire has complained about slumping revenue since he purchased the social media platform last year.

  13. FOX Business

    Elon Musk's new X pricing plan would mean free speech isn't quite free (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Elon Musk said Monday that X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, would begin charging users a fee to use the website in an effort to make it more difficult to set up bot accounts.

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