{"product_id":"9781529914696-breaking-twitter","title":"Character Limit","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eThe abiding question posed by \u003ci\u003eCharacter Limit \u003c\/i\u003eis this: is Elon Musk secretly 13 years old?' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrivate Eye\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e[Conger and Mac are] scoop magnets . A dramatic, fly-on-the-wall narrative . offers insights into how Musk might approach his job helping to run Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A deeply reported, revealing and slightly terrifying book that is considerably subtler than its subtitle' \u003cb\u003eJanine Gibson, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'You couldn’t hope for a better ringside seat on the unfolding drama. As a retelling of exactly what happened and what it felt like to be there, it is a triumph’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The definitive account of how the world’s richest man, in a fit of unbridled vanity and arrogance, took over and destroyed our digital town square' \u003cb\u003eJohn Carreyrou, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBad Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An absorbing account of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. It covers the big themes of modern politics – unrestrained billionaires and the lawyers, bankers and other yes-men who enable them; how social media has degraded the public square and melted the brains of its most enthusiastic users; and the eternal quest to find the border between free speech and hate speech.’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesmen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Astonishing. Kate Conger and Ryan Mac’s meticulous, comprehensive reporting turns an opaque mess brutally transparent’ \u003cb\u003eJia Tolentino, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTrick Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Gripping… Through fly-on-the-wall reporting, \u003ci\u003eCharacter Limit\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers inside Elon Musk's tumultuous Twitter takeover and the disruption of a company, an industry, and the online public square. What a wild ride' \u003cb\u003eBradley Hope, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBillion Dollar Whale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a world of viral ideas and emotion, who gets to control the narrative, who gets to be heard, and what does power really cost?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of the showdown between Elon Musk and Twitter and how the richest man on earth suddenly came to control one of the most powerful media platforms in the world. In \u003ci\u003eCharacter Limit, \u003c\/i\u003eaward-winning reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac draw on exclusive interviews, unreported documents and internal Twitter recordings to provide a revelatory, three-dimensional, and definitive account of what really happened when Musk showed up to takeover Twitter, spoiling for a brawl and intent on revolution, with his merciless, sycophantic cadre of lawyers, investors, and bankers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn part, this is the story of Twitter's founder, Jack Dorsey, who idealistically dreamed of building a 'digital town square' but detested Wall Street and never built a profitable business, and Musk, one of the site's most influential users with over 70 million followers. To Musk, Twitter—once known for its almost absolute commitment to free speech—had utterly lost its way. Blaming it for the proliferation of what he called the “woke mind virus”, he claimed that the survival of humanity itself depended on the future of the site.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn January 2022, Musk began secretly accumulating Twitter stock. By April, he was its largest shareholder, and, soon after, he made an unsolicited offer to purchase the company for the unimaginable sum of $44 billion. Backed into a corner, Twitter’s board accepted his offer—only for Musk to change his mind, forcing Twitter to sue him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on unparalleled sources, this is the defining story of our time told in vivid, cinematic detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41683874218081,"sku":"9781529914696","price":24.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32347028.jpg?v=1737186999","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529914696-breaking-twitter","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}