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‘Nice little advertising business you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it’
Media reports indicate that Interpublic Group is being pressured to spend more with X, or its Omnicom deal could face resistance from owner and Donald Trump ally Elon Musk.
Is Elon Musk’s X winning back advertisers?
Social media platform X is reportedly in talks to raise money at its buying price valuation of $44 billion, despite user and advertiser losses since Elon Musk’s acquisition in 2022.
Musk's X sues Lego, Nestlé, Colgate, Shell over alleged ad boycott
X has broadened its legal battle with advertisers over an alleged ad boycott, adding new brands to a list that already includes the WFA, CVS Health, Mars, and Twitch among others.
The great corporate pretence is finally over
From Meta's masculinity pivot to the mass corporate retreat from DEI, flexibility, and parity commitments, 2025 is exposing the friction between corporate values and valuations, revealing what happens when trust is deemed to have outlived its market worth.
X’s ad revenue continues to fall after Musk takeover: Warc
According to new research, the social media platform’s ad revenue is expected to continue to drop due to minimal content moderation.
Political tension meets platform drama
As big tech's entanglement with politics draws fresh scrutiny post-US election, Western platforms face a deepening trust crisis—from X's advertiser exodus to Meta's legal battles—while Asian tech firms vie to emerge as credible alternatives.
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