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Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson
Episode: Three Ways the Elon Musk–Twitter Showdown Could End
Description: Well, that escalated quickly. Let's review, shall we?In January, Elon Musk started buying a bunch of Twitter stock. In February, he kept buying. In March, he owned about 5 percent of the company. In April, he offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion. In May, he tweeted a poop emoji. In June, his net worth crashed. In July, he tried to back out of the deal—and Twitter countersued. It seems very clear from the company's lawsuit that Twitter is prepared to take this all the way, possibly to even force Musk to acquire the company against his wi...