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 stated he agreed with a social media publish accusing “Jewish communities” of pushing “hatred in opposition to whites.” Musk’s unique 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 stated in the course of the interview. “Blackmail me with cash? Go f— your self. Go. F—. Your self. Is that clear?”
Within the memo despatched Thursday, Yaccarino informed staff that the X proprietor “shared an unmatched and utterly unvarnished perspective and imaginative and prescient for the long run.”
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 wished to give attention to with you at this time.”
Through 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 “some of the silly if not probably the most silly factor I’ve ever finished 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 neighborhood has been fairly lit up at this time on the identical matter. Elon’s interview was candid and profound. He shared an unmatched and utterly 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 give attention to with you at this time.
We’re at some of the maverick corporations on the planet and we get to do issues which have by no means been finished 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 remodeling 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 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 ideas shouldn’t have a price ticket, nor will they be compromised – ever. And irrespective of how exhausting they fight, 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 neighborhood and most happily with all of YOU.
As all the time, should you want me – I am right here.
Linda
Watch: Elon Musk to advertisers who’re attempting to “blackmail” him.
