Elon Musk mentioned the current labelling controversy surrounding BBC and mentioned he shot “himself on the foot” with a few of his tweets (Image: Reuters)
Elon Musk mentioned the current labelling controversy surrounding BBC and mentioned he shot “himself on the foot” with a few of his tweets.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk in an interview with the BBC mentioned operating Twitter has been “quite painful” and “a rollercoaster”. The interview was described by the UK-based media outlet as “last minute” and was broadcast stay on platform Twitter Spaces.
I mentioned BBC might come Twitter, then, to my shock, a reporter reveals up— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 12, 2023
Elon Musk additionally advised the BBC that he stays open to the thought of promoting the corporate to the appropriate individual, if and when the appropriate individual got here alongside. The SpaceX and Tesla CEO purchased Twitter for $44bn in October 2022.
The interview was shot and recorded in Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco and over three million listeners tuned in.
The BBC report mentioned that Musk most well-liked to do some interviewing himself and likewise defended how he was operating the corporate.
“(The) pain level has been extremely high, this hasn’t been some kind of party,” Musk was quoted as saying by the BBC.
“It’s not been boring. It’s been quite a rollercoaster. (It has been) really quite a stressful situation over the last several months,” Musk advised the BBC however mentioned he felt shopping for Twitter was the appropriate factor to do.
‘Shot Myself on the Foot’
Musk, world’s second richest individual, in accordance to the Forbes billionaires record, additionally mentioned that he “should not tweet after 3am” and mentioned he typically “shot himself on the foot” by his controversial tweets.
“Have I shot myself in the foot with tweets multiple times? Yes. I think I should not tweet after 3am,” Musk mentioned.
Musk additionally mentioned that he sleeps within the workplace typically and has a spot within the library which many don’t frequent.
Speaking of how Twitter is doing, he mentioned that issues are operating “reasonably well” and the utilization of the location is up. He additionally mentioned that he was pleased to see advertisers returning to the location.
Musk identified that Twitter is “roughly breaking even”.
He additionally identified that slicing the workforce was not a straightforward resolution and acknowledged that there are some glitches on the location however highlighted that website was working fantastic.
BBC Label
During the interview, the problem of labelling BBC’s Twitter account as ‘Government-funded Media’ was additionally raised. “I know the BBC is generally not thrilled about being labelled state media,” Musk mentioned.
Musk additional advised the BBC that Twitter was adjusting the label for the BBC to “publicly-funded”. The BBC spoke to Twitter earlier on this concern and mentioned: “The BBC is, and always has been, independent. We are funded by the British public through the licence fee.”
“I actually do have a lot of respect for the BBC,” Musk advised the BBC interviewer.
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