Linda Yaccarino, CEO, X/Twitter speaks onstage throughout Vox Media’s 2023 Code Convention at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel on September 27, 2023 in Dana Level, California.
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Linda Yaccarino despatched a memo to staff of X (previously Twitter) on Thursday within the aftermath of Elon Musk’s interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, which she characterised to her workers as “candid” and “profound.”
On Wednesday on the DealBook Summit, Musk accused advertisers of attempting to “blackmail” him by pulling advertisements from the platform after Musk mentioned he agreed with a social media submit accusing “Jewish communities” of pushing “hatred in opposition to whites.” Musk’s authentic feedback drew condemnation from the White Home, which blasted Musk for selling “antisemitic and racist hate.”
“If someone’s going to attempt to blackmail me with promoting?” X proprietor and CTO Musk mentioned throughout the interview. “Blackmail me with cash? Go f— your self. Go. F—. Your self. Is that clear?”
Within the memo despatched Thursday, Yaccarino instructed staff that the X proprietor “shared an unmatched and fully unvarnished perspective and imaginative and prescient for the longer term.”
She urged staff who didn’t watch the interview to “please take the time to soak up the magnitude and significance of what we’re all part of. As a result of that is precisely what I needed to deal with with you at the moment.”
In the course of the interview, Musk lashed out at corporations like Disney and Apple that paused their promoting campaigns with X. Musk denied he’s antisemitic and apologized for his X posts, calling it “one of the crucial silly if not essentially the most silly factor I’ve ever accomplished on the platform.”
Learn the complete memo beneath:
Proud to be at X with YOU!
Hello all,
Yesterday I posted this about DealBook and the X group has been fairly lit up at the moment on the identical matter. Elon’s interview was candid and profound. He shared an unmatched and fully unvarnished perspective and imaginative and prescient for the longer term. If you have not watched it, please take the time to soak up the magnitude and significance of what we’re all part of. As a result of that is precisely what I needed to deal with with you at the moment.
We’re at one of the crucial maverick corporations on this planet and we get to do issues which have by no means been accomplished earlier than. X sits in a one-of-a-kind constellation of corporations which can be altering the world – from serving to to preserve the planet by way of Tesla’s electrical automobiles, to exploring new planets with SpaceX, to the seamless world connectivity of Starlink, to the potential of reworking lives with Neuralink, to responsibly reimagining the advantages of AGI by way of xAI.
You are at X as a result of you have got the braveness and conviction to construct and operationalize essentially the most consequential platform that exists. That is fairly an enviable place to be in.
Our mission at X is daring: to be an open platform with out censorship of thought – one that gives individuals data and the liberty to make up their very own minds. Our ideas shouldn’t have a price ticket, nor will they be compromised – ever. And regardless of how arduous they struggle, we won’t be distracted by sideline critics who do not perceive our mission.
I am immensely proud to guide this firm – with the passionate individuals and companions of the X group and most happily with all of YOU.
As at all times, in case you want me – I am right here.
Linda
Watch: Elon Musk to advertisers who’re attempting to “blackmail” him.
