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• Vox Sara Morrison on x

  Tucker Carlson's show is back, and it's on Twitter

• @rjcc@mastodon.xyz Richard Lawler on mastodon

  In March, we wondered why no one could find any mention of the Twitter ad revenue split Elon Musk had advertised a month earlier as a reason to buy Twitter Blue. …

• @rodhilton@mastodon.social Rod Hilton on mastodon

  As soon as Elon sees what kind of numbers Tucker pulls, he's going to be trending every day.  —  Using Twitter is being complicit.

• @tuckercarlson Tucker Carlson on x

  We're back. https://twitter.com/...

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  On this platform, unlike the one-way street of broadcast, people are able to interact, critique and refute whatever is said. And, of course, anything misleading will get @CommunityNotes. I also want to be clear that we have not signed a deal of any kind whatsoever. Tucker is... h…

• @dylanbyers Dylan Byers on x

  🚨 NEWS: Tucker Carlson will relaunch his show *on Twitter* with help from former Fox News staff. He will forgo at least $25 million owed to him by Fox Corp. in order to break non-compete clause. @PuckNews

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  @EdKrassen @TuckerCarlson On this platform, unlike the one-way street of broadcast, people are able to interact, critique and refute whatever he or anyone may say. And, of course, anything misleading will get @CommunityNotes. I also want to be clear that we have not signed a deal…

• @repmtg Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on x

  I can't wait for @TuckerCarlson's new show on Twitter. The truth will be unstoppable. https://twitter.com/...

• @davewiner Dave Winer on x

  Btw tv-like programming on Twitter will work Jack Dorsey's twitter sat on the idea. You may not like musks bedside manner, but he gets this working he's doing something Dorsey couldn't manage to do.

• @mikeisaac @mikeisaac on x

  @brianboland fully agree. i know it's a meme now but the tweets that keep saying he's going to speed run the last two decades of social media evolution and end up where we left off feel...prescient

• @juddlegum Judd Legum on x

  If true, Musk will be spending millions of dollars for Twitter to feature video content from America's leading purveyor of white nationalist rhetoric https://twitter.com/...

• @michaeldweiss Michael Weiss on x

  Pay-or-play is a harsh mistress... https://twitter.com/...

• @mikeisaac @mikeisaac on x

  going to be a product problem to convert what i assume is Carlson's avg age group audience into regular twitter users though i imagine it contributes to a burst of signups twitter video push all over again....(though not live?) https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @zaleskiluke Luke Zaleski on x

  This is misleading: “And, of course, anything misleading will get @CommunityNotes.” https://twitter.com/...

• @atrachelgilmore Rachel Gilmore on x

  Teaming up with Elon hasn't worked out so well for previous “media” folks. I guess we'll see how it goes for Tucker. https://twitter.com/...

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x

  I wonder how much longer mainstream media companies are going to be investing time and resources into maintaining a presence on Twitter as it morphs into a far right content platform

• @ggreeneva Greg Greene on x

  Seriously, folks: Nazi bar impresario Elon Musk knows who he is, and knows what he wants Twitter to be. The first step of the way forward from here is to abandon ship. https://twitter.com/...

• @blake_allen13 Blake Allen on x

  Tucker is going to slough off a big portion of his audience due to the - relatively - lower reach of Twitter to key older demographics. But it still gives him a wide audience in the younger nat-con audience he's helped himself develop https://twitter.com/...

• @joshconstine @joshconstine on x

  Twitter, which is struggling to reassure advertisers it's safe, will host Tucker Carlson's show, renowned for getting dropped by all blue-chip advertisers because it promotes white supremacy. 🤔🤔🤔 https://twitter.com/...

• @attorneynora Nora Benavidez on x

  Is it good Tucker Carlson is moving his show to Twitter? It's good for Musk & his rising debts. It's bad for the banks underwriting his debt, however, as this will radicalize viewers more. Twitter is becoming the go-to platform tolerant of & incentivizing hyper-partisan rhetoric.

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x

  This makes it even more clear what sort of ideology Musk is pushing https://twitter.com/...

• @kurtwagner8 Kurt Wagner on x

  crazy to me how quickly Twitter is transitioning from being the most valuable service in the world for news/journalists/news junkies to something else entirely

• @washingtonpost @washingtonpost on x

  The former Fox News host tweeted a video saying he's moving his show to the social media site. In a reply, Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted that there was no deal with Carlson, and he urged people from both sides of the political spectrum to join the site. https://www.washingtonpo…

• @brianstelter Brian Stelter on x

  Tucker says he's going to do “a new version of his show” on Twitter https://twitter.com/...

• @mikeisaac @mikeisaac on x

  Carlson doing a twitter show was probably the most obvious outcome after the tucker/elon mutual fawnfest interview a few weeks back (assuming this gets around some sort of non-competes in place too) https://twitter.com/...

• @slate @slate on x

  Tucker claimed he's grateful to relaunch his show on Twitter, which is sort of like claiming that you're glad to be exiled to Siberia because you've always wanted to learn how to ski. https://slate.com/...

• @mediaevan Evan DeSimone on x

  Elon tires of his media toys pretty quickly. Tucker is bigger and more vile, but eventually everyone ends up in the Matt Taibbi discard pile.

• @oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x

  I will also be foregoing my $25 million noncompete clause to post on Twitter.

• @gregpinelo Greg Pinelo on x

  I'm pretty sure “the only place to see Tucker Carlson” is not the draw Tucker and Elon think it's going to be. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @claytravis Clay Travis on x

  Tucker announces he is bringing his show to @twitter. Big win for @elonmusk as Twitter officially enters the live video market in a monster way. https://twitter.com/...

• @megynkelly Megyn Kelly on x

  Tucker flips Fox News the middle finger & takes his show to Twitter & @elonmusk. RIGHT ON!! https://twitter.com/...

• @tomi @tomi on x

  This is actually, for once, very clever by the business genius regardless of how you feel about this guy $TWTR https://twitter.com/...

• @zaleskiluke Luke Zaleski on x

  Elon's hustle is trying to get you to think he's objective and that open/out-sourcing the accuracy/moderation of his $44 billion baby absolves him of responsibility for bias, but Twitter = Elon. This is a closed loop. He's the subject and the source. He determines everything here…

• @brianstelter Brian Stelter on x

  How will Fox respond to Carlson's shots across the bow — and when? “A rep for the Fox Corporation... had no comment.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @kateconger Kate Conger on x

  Will be interesting to see how advertisers respond — this could push some Twitter advertisers away, or bring over new ones who used to advertise during Tucker's show.

• @brianboland Brian Boland on x

  @MikeIsaac So far Elon and his team haven't demonstrated good instincts for saving / growing Twitter. This seems destined to further pigeon hole the platform into what Parler hoped to be and the likely decline in broader usage. The advertiser profile in 5 years will be really int…

• @kateconger Kate Conger on x

  Tucker Carlson says he's bringing his show to Twitter, calling it the “only” platform that still defends free speech.

• @pt Parker on x

  Elon looked at the social internet from first principles and realized that the magical experience it uniquely enables is replicating the broadcast cable experience your aging parents love. This is why he's the GOAT. https://twitter.com/...

• @cameronwilson Cameron Wilson on x

  we'll find out more about Elon's deal with Tucker Carlson to bring his show onto Twitter but I would bet anything that Musk is overvaluing Carlson's appeal as something that will help the platform

• @atrupar Aaron Rupar on x

  for the second time today I feel compelled to point out that Elon Musk is turning Twitter into a right-wing misinformation machine https://twitter.com/...

• @pixelatedboat @pixelatedboat on x

  Musk spent $44 billion on turning Twitter into Parler when he could've just bought Parler for $200

• @darrenjbeattie Darren J. Beattie on x

  .@elonmusk really needs to think aggressively about distribution and user interface. Twitter TV can't just be video embedded in Twitter Needs to be plug and play on consumer tvs with maximum integration. Same way new TV come with prime and Netflix buttons and easy interface https…

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  No matter what you think about Tucker Carlson (and I have more than a few thoughts), this is a coup for @elonmusk. It's also a nightmare for Rumble. Scoop: Tucker Carlson accuses Fox of fraud, contract breach https://www.axios.com/...

• @psythor James O'Malley on x

  Before we lose our minds about this grim news, worth considering in the context of Musk enabling longer video uploads for Blue subscribers - could be a broader pivot to video with no money changing hands. (Or maybe it'll turn out Musk is paying him, who knows?) https://twitter.co…

• @youranonnews @youranonnews on x

  We have more followers than Tucker Carlson does. Perhaps we should start a news show on Twitter. People need to hear the truth, not BS conspiracy and propaganda wrapped up in an entertainment show masquerading as “news”. https://twitter.com/...

• @mattwalshblog Matt Walsh on x

  Huge news. Tucker is bringing his show to Twitter. I'm feeling very good about our decision to post our podcast to Twitter a few weeks ago. This will become a major movement now. Forget YouTube. This is the free speech platform. https://twitter.com/...

• @andyostroy Andy Ostroy on x

  Way to go, @ElonMusk. Nothing like giving a sexist, racist, insurrectionist liar a platform to spew his dangerous violence-inciting BS... #TuckerCarlson https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @dlamontjenkins Daryle Lamont Jenkins on x

  Why would he care if he breaches his contract with Fox and leaves $25M on the table if his new boss can cover and double that for him? Hell, he probably doesn't even care if his audience is smaller. He just became King Right Wing Grifter! https://www.nytimes.com/...