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Planet Money's 'The Indicator': How Musk bought Twitter with other people's money

A Twitter headquarters sign is shown in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. Employees were bracing for widespread layoffs at Twitter on Friday, as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform.

Jeff Chiu/AP

Planet Money's 'The Indicator': How Musk bought Twitter with other people's money

A Twitter headquarters sign is shown in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. Employees were bracing for widespread layoffs at Twitter on Friday, as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform.

Jeff Chiu/AP

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Twitter CEO Elon Musk looking for someone ‘foolish enough to take the job’

Twitter CEO Elon Musk finalized his purchase of the social media platform in October and already has plans to step down. Reset digs into his reign at the company and how it could change going forward. GUEST: Cat Zakrzewski, technology policy reporter for the Washington Post

A Twitter headquarters sign is shown in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. Employees were bracing for widespread layoffs at Twitter on Friday, as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform.

Jeff Chiu/AP
By Brenda Ruiz
   

Twitter CEO Elon Musk finalized his purchase of the social media platform in October and already has plans to step down.

Reset digs into his reign at the company and how it could change going forward.

GUEST: Cat Zakrzewski, technology policy reporter for the Washington Post

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