Elon Musk's X cancels partnership with Don Lemon before his new show even begins

Don Lemon received his first lesson in doing business with Elon Musk, the mercurial owner of social media platform X.
The former CNN host interviewed Musk for the first edition of his new podcast, “The Don Lemon Show,” which was scheduled to launch next week on X, formerly known as Twitter, and other online platforms.
Lemon said Wednesday in an X post that Musk was not happy with the sit-down and killed the deal to carry the program on the platform.
The episode will air Monday on YouTube […]
Elon Musk's X cancels partnership with Don Lemon before his new show even begins

Elon Musk says he's 'leaning away from Biden' – New York Post

Musk abruptly canceled the program after the interview with Lemon.
“There were no restrictions on the interview that he willingly agreed to, and my questions were respectful and wide ranging, covering everything from SpaceX to the presidential election. We had a good conversation. Clearly, he felt differently,” the former CNN host said earlier Wednesday.
“His approach was basically just ‘CNN, but on social media,’ which doesn’t work, as evidenced by the fact that CNN is […]
Elon Musk says he's 'leaning away from Biden' – New York Post

Elon Musk Leads America's Top Tax-Dodging CEOs | The New Republic

How are the CEOs doing these days? Last time we checked in, the plutocrats in the executive suites were hard at work, securing further plunder through stock buybacks and access to the taxpayer teat. In return, they seeded the business press with fearful takes of perpetually soon-to-be-arriving recessions and slashed their workforces with layoffs. All the while, the ratio of CEO-to-worker pay kept on moving in the wrong direction.
It would be one thing if, alongside the exorbitant executive pay, […]
Elon Musk Leads America's Top Tax-Dodging CEOs | The New Republic

Taiwan Is Building a Satellite Network Without Elon Musk – The New York Times

The island democracy urgently needs an internet backup. Mr. Musk’s total control over his Starlink service, which dominates the market, left Taiwan wary.
Meaghan Tobin, the Asia technology correspondent, reported from Taipei, Taiwan. John Liu is a reporter and researcher in Seoul.
In Taiwan, the government is racing to do what no country or even company has been able to: build an alternative to Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX.
Starlink […]
Taiwan Is Building a Satellite Network Without Elon Musk – The New York Times