Learn Linda Yaccarino’s message to X staff about Musk interview
Linda Yaccarino, CEO, X/Twitter speaks onstage throughout Vox Media’s 2023 Code Convention at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel on September 27, 2023 in Dana Level, California.
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Linda Yaccarino despatched a memo to staff of X (previously Twitter) on Thursday within the aftermath of Elon Musk’s interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, which she characterised to her employees as “candid” and “profound.”
On Wednesday on the DealBook Summit, Musk accused advertisers of attempting to “blackmail” him by pulling adverts from the platform after Musk mentioned he agreed with a social media publish accusing “Jewish communities” of pushing “hatred in opposition to whites.” Musk’s unique feedback drew condemnation from the White House, which blasted Musk for selling “antisemitic and racist hate.”
“If any individual’s going to attempt to blackmail me with promoting?” X proprietor and CTO Musk said during the interview. “Blackmail me with cash? Go f— your self. Go. F—. Your self. Is that clear?”
Within the memo despatched Thursday, Yaccarino advised staff that the X proprietor “shared an unmatched and utterly unvarnished perspective and imaginative and prescient for the long run.”
She urged staff who didn’t watch the interview to “please take the time to soak up the magnitude and significance of what we’re all part of. As a result of that is precisely what I wished to give attention to with you at this time.”
In the course of the interview, Musk lashed out at firms like Disney and Apple that paused their promoting campaigns with X. Musk denied he’s antisemitic and apologized for his X posts, calling it “some of the silly if not essentially the most silly factor I’ve ever achieved on the platform.”
Learn the complete memo under:
Proud to be at X with YOU!
Hello all,
Yesterday I posted this about DealBook and the X group has been fairly lit up at this time on the identical matter. Elon’s interview was candid and profound. He shared an unmatched and utterly unvarnished perspective and imaginative and prescient for the long run. If you have not watched it, please take the time to soak up the magnitude and significance of what we’re all part of. As a result of that is precisely what I wished to give attention to with you at this time.
We’re at some of the maverick firms on this planet and we get to do issues which have by no means been achieved earlier than. X sits in a one-of-a-kind constellation of firms which can be altering the world – from serving to to preserve the planet by Tesla’s electrical automobiles, to exploring new planets with SpaceX, to the seamless international connectivity of Starlink, to the potential of reworking lives with Neuralink, to responsibly reimagining the advantages of AGI by xAI.
You are at X as a result of you may have the braveness and conviction to construct and operationalize essentially the most consequential platform that exists. That is fairly an enviable place to be in.
Our mission at X is daring: to be an open platform with out censorship of thought – one that gives individuals info and the liberty to make up their very own minds. Our rules should not have a price ticket, nor will they be compromised – ever. And irrespective of how arduous they struggle, we won’t be distracted by sideline critics who do not perceive our mission.
I am immensely proud to steer this firm – with the passionate individuals and companions of the X group and most happily with all of YOU.
As at all times, if you happen to want me – I am right here.
Linda
Watch: Elon Musk to advertisers who are trying to “blackmail” him.
