Half of Twitter's biggest advertisers just up and leave shortly after Elon Musk acquires Twitter, they've not come back. The few that did come back or the ones that never left are spending 80% less than they did with Musk at the helm. So he's trying to figure out how he's going to make money. And for him, he just, I guess, thought that subscriptions make sense.
Paris Marx is joined by Matt Binder to discuss Elon Musk’s first six months at Twitter and how his obsession with blue checks has decimated the company’s finances.
Matt Binder is a reporter at Mashable and the host of Scam Economy and Doomed. Follow Matt on Twitter at @MattBinder.
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