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Elon Musk\\u2019s attempts to buy Twitter have sent ripples through the social media platform. There is a story here about panic, the limited reach of social media, and the increasingly fuzzy nature of the private/ public space \\u2026 but I think all that is a surface level analysis. For me, the more interesting story is the corporate what lies just underneath.

You see, Musk is the richest man not because he invented anything wonderful and world changing. No, he\\u2019s rich because he\\u2019s good at making money. He\\u2019s a businessman first and foremost. Through that lens, the story of the Twitter acquisition becomes one of shitposts and SEC filings, a bizarre fight between tech titans, a rehashing of old corporate techniques like \\u201cpoison pills\\u201d and \\u201chostile takeovers.\\u201d

On this episode of Cyber, we sit down with Motherboard features writer and editor Maxwell Strachan. He\\u2019s here to answer all your burning questions about Musk\\u2019s attempted Twitter takeover.

Stories discussed in this episode:

Twitter Loses Elon Musk the Board Member, Regains Elon Musk the Shitposter

Twitter and Elon Musk Are Now at War

We Spoke to an Old-School Corporate Raider About Elon Musk and Twitter

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