Twitter might only be the beginning — the platform could be a vehicle for media baron 'Citizen Musk'

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Twitter might only be the beginning — the platform could be a vehicle for media baron 'Citizen Musk'
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OPINION: My prediction — perhaps just a naive hope — is that Elon Musk’s larger priority will be to somehow transform Twitter into something better than it is today, WestWingReport writes.

Really rich guys buy pro sports teams and media companies. With his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk is the latest — and wealthiest by far — member of the club.

But Musk has 113 million Twitter followers . He didn’t need to spend $44 billion to make his views on anything heard. So what’s his larger agenda? This was the birth of what today is known as “yellow journalism.” Musk’s tweets on Pelosi and Russia could foreshadow something similar. Many on the left fear the worst is yet to come.

My prediction — perhaps just a naive hope — is that Musk’s larger priority will be to somehow transform Twitter into something better than it is today. This starts with the problem every other media executive in America wrestles with: How to attract customers and drive revenue, and that begins with offering a better product.

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