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Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter

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CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Chris Isidore and Mark Thompson, CNN Business Elon Musk has made an offer to buy Twitter and take it private, saying he believes the company needs to be “transformed.” According to an SEC filing, Musk has offered to acquire all the shares in Twitter he does not own for $54.

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  1. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Elon Musk launches hostile takeover bid of Twitter (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    Elon Musk has launched a hostile takeover bid of Twitter - promising to "unlock" its "extraordinary potential" as a private company - in the latest twist in a stunning multweek

  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Elon Musk swoops down on Twitter with $41 billion cash offer (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    His offer price of $54.20 per share, which was disclosed in a regulatory filing on Thursday, represents a 38% premium to Twitter's April 1 close.

  3. Christian Science Monitor

    Elon Musk puts in multi-billion dollar offer to buy Twitter (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Christian Science Monitor's feed description

    Elon Musk, who recently became Twitter’s biggest shareholder, wants to buy the platform for $43 billion to bolster global free speech. Twitter has yet to accept the offer.

  4. ABC 10 Sacramento

    Here's how much Elon Musk is offering to pay for Twitter (opens ABC 10 Sacramento)

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    ABC 10 Sacramento's feed description

    Musk, who already has a stake of about 9% in the company, made a multi-billion-dollar offer for the rest of it.

  5. The Week

  6. PBS NewsHour

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, making it a private company, for $43 billion (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter. He says the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company.

  7. Duluth News Tribune

    Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $41 billion (opens Duluth News Tribune)

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    Duluth News Tribune's feed description

    Musk's offer price of $54.20 per share, which was disclosed in a regulatory filing on Thursday, represents a 38% premium to Twitter's April 1 close, the last trading day before the Tesla CEO's more than 9% stake in the company was made public.

  8. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter, Says Company ‘Needs to Be Transformed' (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that Musk provided a letter to the company on Wednesday with a proposal to buy the remaining shares of Twitter that he doesn’t already own.

  9. Investor's Business Daily

    Elon Musk Targets Twitter With $43 Billion Bid To Take It Private (opens Investor's Business Daily)

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    Investor's Business Daily's feed description

    Twitter stock rose as Elon Musk offered to buy the company for $43 billion in cash, saying he wants to take it private, for $54.20 a share.

  10. Talking Points Memo

    Elon Musk Offers To Buy Twitter For $43 Billion In Attempt At Hostile Takeover (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    Talking Points Memo's feed description

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk has upped the ante in his bid for control over Twitter with an offer to buy the company for $54.20 a share, which amounts to about $43 billion.

  11. Berkshire Eagle

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion (opens Berkshire Eagle)

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    Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, saying the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as

  12. Omaha World-Herald

    Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter, make it 'maximally trusted' (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter outright. He says the social media platform “needs to be transformed” from his perspective as a self-identified “free-speech absolutist.” Musk is

  13. Breitbart News

    Twitter's Blue Checkmark Brigade Freaks Out over Elon Musk's Buyout Plan (opens Breitbart News)

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    Liberals, progressives, and establishment pundits were in meltdown mode this morning after billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, stated his intention to buy 100 percent of Twitter, transform it into a private company, and restore free speech on the platform.

  14. CBS News

    Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion (opens CBS News)

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    Billionaire founder of Tesla launches hostile bid for the social media company, saying it "needs to be transformed."

  15. KTVZ Bend

    Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Chris Isidore and Mark Thompson, CNN Business Elon Musk has made an offer to buy Twitter and take it private, saying he believes the company needs to be “transformed.” According to an SEC filing, Musk has offered to acquire all the shares in Twitter he does not own for $54.

  16. Deutsche Welle

    Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter outright for $41 billion | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Billionaire and avid platform user Elon Musk has made an offer to purchase 100% of the shares for the social media giant.

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  18. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    (AP) — Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, just […]

  19. NewsBusters

    IT’S HAPPENING: Elon Musk Launches $43 Billion Hostile Takeover of Twitter (opens NewsBusters)

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    The world’s richest is officially launching his bid for a hostile takeover of one of the most censorship-obsessed Big Tech platforms in the country!

  20. FOX Business

    Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, take it private (opens FOX Business)

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    Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter and take the social media company private to help it realize its “potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe,” according to an SEC filing.

  21. Rolling Stone

    Elon Musk, Who Just Tweeted That 69.420% of Stats Are False, Makes Play to Take Total Control of Twitter (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Tesla’s billionaire CEO seems intent on turning the social media platform into a cesspool of hate speech, misinformation, and abuse

  22. NBC 6 South Florida

    Elon Musk Says He's ‘Not Sure' He'll Be Able to Buy Twitter After $43 Billion Bid, Teases a Plan B (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    Musk comments came at the TED2022 conference just hours after he revealed in a regulatory filing Thursday that he offered $54.20 per share to buy the platform.

  23. FOX 5 New York

    Elon Musk offers to buy 100% of Twitter in all-cash deal (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    Elon Musk made a proposal to buy the remaining shares of Twitter that he doesn't already own, offering $54.20 per share of the company's stock.

  24. NBC Los Angeles

    Elon Musk Says He's ‘Not Sure' He'll Be Able to Buy Twitter After Making $43 Billion Bid (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Musk comments came at the TED2022 conference just hours after he revealed in a regulatory filing Thursday that he offered $54.20 per share to buy the platform.

  25. The Daily Caller

    Elon Musk Offers To Buy Twitter For More Than $40 Billion (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Elon Musk wants to own 100% of Twitter. He has offered to buy Twitter for more than $40 billion. What is Musk's offer to buy Twitter?

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