Elon Musk: Twitter warrior, satellite supremo … diplomat?

Elon Musk has his fingers in lots of pies – web in warzones, a Twitter buyout, and peacemaker posturing. Plus, the UK media vs the labour motion.

Not content material with manufacturing vehicles, producing vitality, entering into area journey – Elon Musk is within the midst of a $44bn takeover of Twitter. Now he has additionally been concerned in overseas coverage conflicts – from Russia-Ukraine to China and Taiwan. Musk clearly considers himself a geopolitical participant, however he's getting into a world by which he has no experience, simply pursuits.

Contributors:

Chris Stokel-Walker – Expertise journalist & creator, TikTokBoom

Peter Micek – Normal counsel, Entry Now

Jason Jay Good – Particular correspondent, Kyiv Submit

Siva Vaidhyanathan – Professor of media research, College of Virginia; creator, Anti-social Media

On our radar:

Rupert Murdoch is on the verge of one more enterprise transfer, wanting to mix the 2 halves of his media empire: the TV aspect – Fox Corp – with the web information enterprise – Information Corp. Producer Meenakshi Ravi explores how the merger is rather more an train in succession planning than a enterprise deal in itself.

Placing Again: UK’s Unions vs the Media

With the UK in a state of political disarray, a uncommon wave of labor stoppages has put commerce unions – and the media’s therapy of them – into the highlight. Following successive rail strikes, right-wing newspapers have blamed the unions for journey disruptions, however one union chief – Mick Lynch – has flipped the script – placing journalists on the defensive over their ordinary anti-union strategy. Daniel Turi reviews on the protection of labour points within the British media.

Contributors:

Aditya Chakrabortty – Senior economics commentator, The Guardian

Julia Langdon – Former political editor, The Sunday Telegraph; former political editor, The Each day Mirror; chairwoman, British Journalism Evaluation

Nicholas Jones – Former industrial correspondent, BBC

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