Linda Yaccarino, CEO, X/Twitter speaks onstage throughout Vox Media’s 2023 Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel on September 27, 2023 in Dana Point,California
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Linda Yaccarino sent out a memo to staff members of X (previously Twitter) on Thursday in the consequences of Elon Musk’s interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, which she identified to her personnel as “candid” and “profound.”
On Wednesday at the DealBook Summit, Musk implicated marketers of attempting to “blackmail” him by pulling advertisements from the platform after Musk stated he concurred with a social networks post implicating “Jewish communities” of pressing “hatred against whites.” Musk’s initial remarks drew condemnation from the White House, which blasted Musk for promoting “antisemitic and racist hate.”
“If somebody’s going to try to blackmail me with advertising?” X owner and CTO Musk stated throughout the interview. “Blackmail me with money? Go f— yourself. Go. F—. Yourself. Is that clear?”
In the memo sent out Thursday, Yaccarino informed staff members that the X owner “shared an unmatched and completely unvarnished perspective and vision for the future.”
She advised staff members who did not enjoy the interview to “please take the time to absorb the magnitude and importance of what we’re all a part of. Because that’s exactly what I wanted to focus on with you today.”
During the interview, Musk blasted business like Disney and Apple that paused their marketing campaign with X. Musk rejected he is antisemitic and excused his X posts, calling it “one of the most foolish if not the most foolish thing I’ve ever done on the platform.”
Read the complete memo listed below:
Proud to be at X with YOU!
Hi all,
Yesterday I published this about DealBook and the X neighborhood has actually been rather illuminated today on the very same subject. Elon’s interview was honest and extensive. He shared an unrivaled and entirely unvarnished viewpoint and vision for the future. If you have not viewed it, please put in the time to soak up the magnitude and significance of what we’re all a part of. Because that’s precisely what I wished to concentrate on with you today.
We’re at one of the most radical business worldwide and we get to do things that have actually never ever been done before. X beings in a distinctive constellation of business that are altering the world– from assisting to save the world through Tesla’s electrical cars, to checking out brand-new worlds with SpaceX, to the smooth worldwide connection of Starlink, to the capacity of changing lives with Neuralink, to properly reimagining the advantages of AGI through xAI.
You’re at X since you have the guts and conviction to construct and operationalize the most substantial platform that exists. That’s rather an excellent position to be in.
Our objective at X is vibrant: to be an open platform without censorship of idea– one that supplies individuals info and the flexibility to comprise their own minds. Our concepts do not have a price, nor will they be jeopardized– ever. And no matter how hard they attempt, we will not be sidetracked by sideline critics who do not comprehend our objective.
I’m tremendously happy to lead this business– with the enthusiastic individuals and partners of the X neighborhood and most luckily with all of YOU.
As constantly, if you require me– I’m here.
Linda
Watch: Elon Musk to marketers who are attempting to “blackmail” him.
