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Billionaire Elon Musk is actively looking for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Twitter Inc. This information has come to the fore on Tuesday citing media reports. After buying Twitter for US$44 billion, Elon Musk took over as its CEO in late October, replacing Indian-origin Parag Agarwal. However, there is no comment from Twitter regarding the search for a new CEO.
Musk had polled and asked the question
On Sunday, he conducted a poll among Twitter users asking whether he should step down as the head of the company. More than 1.75 crore people participated in the voting. 57.5 percent of them expressed the opinion that Musk should be removed. While 42.5 people voted in favor of not removing Musk. Voting for the survey began on Sunday evening and ended on Monday morning. Musk promised that whatever the result of the poll would come, he would follow it.
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022
Earlier on November 17, Musk had said that after buying Twitter, he had to devote a lot of his time to making major changes in the company. Due to involvement in this, Musk is able to give less time to his old company Tesla. Due to giving more time to Twitter, the concern of Tesla investors has increased. Musk also expressed his intention to form a board on Twitter. He hoped that after this he would have to spend less time on this microblogging site. Indeed, Tesla investors have become quite confused after Musk’s increased attention to Twitter. Therefore, to address the concerns of investors, Musk is looking for a new leader for this social media platform.
Only Blue Tick subscribers will be able to vote for the poll
Elon Musk said on Tuesday that only blue tick subscribers would be able to vote for his poll after a poll appeared to support his removal as Twitter CEO. In a poll released on Monday by Musk, 57.5 percent of the people asked him to step down as CEO of Twitter. In fact, a Twitter user said that only Blue subscribers should be allowed to vote in policy polls. Responding to this, Musk wrote, ‘This is a good point. Twitter will make changes in this regard. However, he did not say when this change would be effective.
Blue subscribers should be the only ones that can vote in policy related polls. We actually have skin in the game
— Unfiltered☢Boss (@Unfilteredboss1) December 19, 2022
Twitter launches Blue for Business service
Twitter on Tuesday announced the launch of its new Blue for Business service. Under this, businesses and their related institutions will be able to verify their Twitter account in a new way. Twitter said in its business blogpost that as a Twitter Blue for Business subscriber, a company can link individuals, businesses and brands associated with it to its account. When they do, the respective profile will receive a small badge of their parent company’s profile picture next to their blue or gold checkmark. This connection will help businesses to network within their own organizations on the micro-blogging platform. Based on the list provided by the parent business, each affiliate will be verified and officially linked to their parent handle.