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"Spoiler Alert..." Twitter boss Musk creates another suspense

The Tesla and Space X owner is expected to remain CEO of Twitter in the interim period but may eventually cede the role in the longer term, the report said.

Spoiler Alert... Twitter boss Musk creates another suspense
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WASHINGTON: Hours after he completed the Twitter acquisition for a whopping USD 44 billion deal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted "Let the good times roll", which he labeled as a "Spoiler Alert" for netizens.

Elon Musk's tweet has created utter suspense in the minds of millions.

"Spoiler Alert. Let the good times roll," Elon Musk tweeted early Friday morning after closing the Twitter acquisition deal Thursday night.

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Earlier, billionaire Elon Musk said that he intends to replace Parag Agrawal as CEO of the social media platform and also intends to reverse the permanent ban on users, according to a Bloomberg report.

Agrawal was fired along with other major executives upon completion of the takeover, Bloomberg on Friday reported citing a person familiar with the matter.

The Tesla and Space X owner is expected to remain CEO of Twitter in the interim period but may eventually cede the role in the longer term, the report said.

According to multiple reports in US media, Twitter's Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and Vijaya Gadde its legal and policy executive as well as Ned Segal, its chief financial officer Ned Segal was asked to go. Musk ahead of his USD 44 billion Twitter acquisition deal had dismissed speculation about why he'd buy the micro-blogging platform and his thoughts on advertising.

"The reason I acquired Twitter is that it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence. There is currently great danger that social media will splinter into far right-wing and far left-wing echo chambers that generate more hate and divide our society," he said in a statement on Thursday.

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The Tesla founder said that Twitter should be "warm and welcoming to all" and enable users to choose the experience they want to have. Further, Musk told advertisers that he wants the platform to be "the most respected advertising platform in the world."

Meanwhile, on Wednesday Musk walked into the headquarters of Twitter in San Francisco, carrying the bowl of a sink.

This action was the object of several memes on the internet. Musk tweeted a vidoe of himself carrying a kitchen sink and captioned it "let that sink in!"

He also changed his Twitter profile to read "Chief Twit". In July, in a surprising turn of events, Elon Musk who had long been showing his interest to buy Twitter terminated the deal.

The Tesla CEO did so by alleging that Twitter violated their mutual purchase agreement by misrepresenting the number of spam and fake bot accounts on its platform.

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After Musk put out the deal termination announcement, the market saw a sharp decline.

Later, Twitter sued Musk accusing him of using bots as a pretext to exit a deal. Again, last week, Musk confirmed that he would move forward with the Twitter buyout at the originally agreed price of USD 54.20 per share.

However, the Twitter deal legal proceedings had been put on hold by a judge overseeing the dispute until October 28.

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