Twitter on average at the new fronts garnered about 20% of its annual revenue from upfront commitments. At this year's new fronts, a group of advertisers got together and said, we need to ask Twitter executives, what is going to be the deal with content moderation? And they asked these questions. The people on stage likely didn't know, but B, weren't in a hurry to carry Elon's water as Elon had been shitposting them.
Kara and Scott question Elon Musk's sense of humor after he bans comedian Kathy Griffin (and others who spoofed his account) over the weekend. They also talk about the layoff trend in the tech industry, as Meta reportedly prepares for a massive reduction in its workforce this week. Friend of Pivot Matt Stoller stops by with reasons to be optimistic about the fight against corporate monopolies.
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