So far there doesn’t seem to have been any fully official confirmation from the company itself. But both Reuters AP, Financial Times, Bloomberg, New York Times and other media have cited unnamed sources as saying the purchase is on the table.
Read also: Musk in trouble – calls for help from the Pentagon
Musk reportedly fired the company’s top executives soon after taking power Thursday, including CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal.
– The bird is released, tweeted Musk Friday morning Norwegian time, referring to the Twitter bird logo. Therefore, the purchase appears to be complete.
Conflicts with Twitter
Musk and Twitter got into legal conflict after the billionaire attempted to withdraw an offer to buy the messaging service for $ 44 billion. Twitter is suing to force him to comply with the purchase agreement.
Read also: Elon Musk praises Støre: – His statements were “correct”
A court granted Musk until Friday to complete the purchase agreement from April. Neither Musk nor Twitter have officially confirmed that the deal is in the works.
Twitter’s share was withdrawn from trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, according to the exchange’s website.
He has big plans
Musk said he wants to go public with Twitter and make the service better than ever.
– I want to improve the product with new features, make algorithms available, fight spam bots and authenticate all people. Twitter has huge potential, Musk said in a press release announcing the purchase.
Read also: Putin’s hawk connects to Musk’s plan: – Quite scary
Musk also said he believes it would be fair to lift the ban on former US President Donald Trump from Twitter. The billionaire believes it was wrong to permanently ban Trump.
Bloomberg quotes an unnamed source as saying that Musk wants to lift the lifetime bans from Twitter and that he himself intends to fill the role of CEO until further notice.
