Weekend listen: Elon Musk's (paused) Twitter takeover

Today's weekend listen comes courtesy of our sister podcast, Danny In The Valley.

Yesterday, Elon Musk put his $44 billion takeover of Twitter on pause. Some investors now seem sceptical that the deal will happen at all, although Musk says he remains committed.

Whatever happens next at Twitter, the future of online debate is being thrashed out in public this weekend. So today we're listening to a recent podcast from Sunday Times West Coast correspondent Danny Fortson, examining the deal and the state of social media.

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Host: Danny Fortson, West Coast correspondent, The Sunday Times.

Guests:

- Hany Farid, professor at UC Berkeley’s School of Information.

- James Currier, general partner at NFX.

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