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 workers 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 put up accusing “Jewish communities” of pushing “hatred towards whites.” Musk’s authentic feedback drew condemnation from the White Home, which blasted Musk for selling “antisemitic and racist hate.”
“If anyone’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 advised workers that the X proprietor “shared an unmatched and fully unvarnished perspective and imaginative and prescient for the long run.”
She urged workers 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 wished to concentrate on with you as we speak.”
Throughout 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 “probably the most silly if not probably the most silly factor I’ve ever performed 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 as we speak on the identical subject. Elon’s interview was candid and profound. He shared an unmatched and fully unvarnished perspective and imaginative and prescient for the long run. 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 wished to concentrate on with you as we speak.
We’re at probably the most maverick corporations on the planet and we get to do issues which have by no means been performed 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 might have the braveness and conviction to construct and operationalize probably 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 folks data and the liberty to make up their very own minds. Our rules do not need a price ticket, nor will they be compromised – ever. And regardless of how arduous they struggle, we is not going to be distracted by sideline critics who do not perceive our mission.
I am immensely proud to guide this firm – with the passionate folks and companions of the X group and most happily with all of YOU.
As all the time, when you want me – I am right here.
Linda
Watch: Elon Musk to advertisers who’re attempting to “blackmail” him.
