Kurt Wagner (@kurtwagner8) 's Twitter Profile
Kurt Wagner

@kurtwagner8

Covering social media, Facebook + X/Twitter for Bloomberg @Business. Author of “Battle for the Bird.” DMs are open. Go Seahawks. Go M’s. Signal: kurtwagner.08

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Sophie Alexander (@sooo__phie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Elon Musk is doing his part to save the global population from collapsing— with his 💸💸💸 and his DNA. He had a 3rd kid with his employee earlier this year. That’s his sixth since 2020. 🎁 LINK: bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

Larry Davidson (@davidsonprods) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Now available a new episode of the podcast Artful Periscope ArtfulPeriscope.blubrry.net featuring The host of the podcast Landslide Ben Bradford followed by journalist Kurt Wagner author of Battle For The Bird. Ben Bradford#NPR Kurt Wagner #ElonMusk Atria Books Podcast Overlord #Repost

Now available a new episode of the podcast Artful Periscope ArtfulPeriscope.blubrry.net featuring The host of the podcast Landslide Ben Bradford followed by journalist Kurt Wagner author of Battle For The Bird. <a href="/JBenBradford/">Ben Bradford</a>#NPR <a href="/KurtWagner8/">Kurt Wagner</a> #ElonMusk <a href="/AtriaBooks/">Atria Books</a> <a href="/Pcast_ol/">Podcast Overlord</a> #Repost
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NEW: In the July issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, Bernard Arnault, one of the wealthiest people alive, explains how he built LVMH into the largest luxury conglomerate in the world. (thread: 1/4) bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

NEW: In the July issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, Bernard Arnault, one of the wealthiest people alive, explains how he built LVMH into the largest luxury conglomerate in the world. (thread: 1/4)

bloomberg.com/features/2024-…
Dana Wollman (@danawollman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“We wanted to make it a less angry space," Adam Mosseri told Kurt Wagner, comparing Threads to X ahead of Threads' first birthday. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… FWIW: My feed is not angry, but it's also often a bummer -- lots of earnest, emo posts from strangers.

Pavan Singh (@psodhan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Echoing Dana Hull 👩🏻‍💻 recommendation to buy Kurt Wagner fantastic new book exploring the inner workings of Twitter over its tumultuous history as this critical social media company that shapes the world is now in the hands of 1 person, which I reviewed for Booksin5 below! 1/5

Echoing <a href="/danahull/">Dana Hull 👩🏻‍💻</a> recommendation to buy <a href="/KurtWagner8/">Kurt Wagner</a> fantastic new book exploring the inner workings of Twitter over its tumultuous history as this critical social media company that shapes the world is now in the hands of 1 person, which I reviewed for <a href="/BooksinFive/">Booksin5</a> below!

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Mark Zuckerberg said that Donald Trump’s immediate reaction after being shot was “badass” and inspiring — without endorsing the former president. The Meta CEO spoke exclusively to Emily Chang on The Circuit trib.al/E2cHEr9

Olivia Carville (@livcarville) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Six weeks after my ⁦Businessweek⁩ cover story on sextortion scams driving teens to suicide, ⁦Meta⁩ carried out a mass purge. Today, it announced it’s removed 63,000 (😱) fake accounts linked to sextortion scammers in Nigeria. Holy cow; 63,000. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Davey Alba (@daveyalba) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW with Ike Swetlitz: Google’s parent company spent billions on failed health projects. Will healthcare AI be its saving grace? bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Ashley Carman (@ashleyrcarman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Inside the staff rebellion at Crooked Media, the progressive media org behind Pod Save America. Among the issues dividing staff: the war in Gaza. A founder dating an employee. The union filing a complaint over union busting claims. A third of staff have left since Jan '23

NEW: Inside the staff rebellion at Crooked Media, the progressive media org behind Pod Save America.

Among the issues dividing staff: the war in Gaza. A founder dating an employee. The union filing a complaint over union busting claims. 

A third of staff have left since Jan '23
Kurt Wagner (@kurtwagner8) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 COOL JOURNALISM JOB ALERT 🚨 We are looking for someone to join our team to help cover TikTok, Meta and the world of social media! It's really one of the most important and impactful beats out there. Please spread this far and wide! bloomberg.avature.net/en_US/careers/…

Kurt Wagner (@kurtwagner8) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Head of Global Affairs at X is leaving. Nick was one of, if not *the* last, senior exec from Twitter 1.0 still there. Interesting timing given everything going on with Brazil right now too.