Little old Betaville wasn't sure it was worth following up the story about the American billionaire Elon Musk dropping hints on X (formerly known as Twitter) that he might buy Ryan Air, one of Europe's biggest budget airlines.
Thursday, 27 October 2022 10:01 amIs it safe to assume that the $44 Twitter takeover deal will complete this Friday now that Elon Musk has changed his profile on the micro-blogging site to "Chief Twit"?
Tuesday, 25 October 2022 10:09 pmBloomberg is now reporting Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter is set to complete after the maverick billionaire entrepreneur told bankers he plans to close the transaction this Friday.
Thursday, 14 April 2022 7:31 pmSo, it was a good call by my old boss at The Daily Telegraph - Richard Fletcher, now business editor of The Times - to splash on the Elon Musk Twitter bid rumours.
Wednesday, 13 April 2022 8:24 amThere has been plenty of coverage over the last few days about Elon Musk's stakebuilding in Twitter and what it could mean for the micro-blogging website.
Thursday, 25 July 2019 6:41 amBetaville applauds the Evening Standard's excellent City Spy column yesterday sticking up for a young Finanical Times hack that just a couple of days ago was attacked on Twitter by UBS for "agenda journalism".
Monday, 06 November 2017 9:11 pmCNBC's David Faber landed a great scoop today about Walt Disney's recent deal talks with 21st Century Fox. I wonder, though, whether Faber will be subject to the same underhand smear tactics that Disney's London-based PR firm used when Betaville wrote a story about Walt Disney's interest in buying Twitter last year.
Wednesday, 21 December 2016 10:44 pmSo, for what's it worth one of my original sources on the Twitter/Walt Disney story reckons this talks could be rekindled in 2017. Keep an eye on, then, your Twitter feed for any any news on, er, Twitter in 2017...
Thursday, 01 December 2016 4:48 pmIt would appear some people in the echo chamber on the other side of the pond either don't "get" Betaville. This is particularly evident with aspects of my recent Twitter stories, which are being mis-represented on Twitter (I realise there are many ironies here). Either that or there are some scallywags trying to deliberately mis-quote Betaville in markets for their own ends.
Thursday, 01 December 2016 8:15 amLittle old Betaville's has had a lot of enquiries from readers about where the Twitter auction has got to since I wrote about it a month ago in a RARE Alert. And this week's news that Twitter will stream Walt Disney's "never before seen content" Stars Wars content has really got readers scratching their heads about the sale process. Here is a link to the announcement:
