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Elon Musk Tries to Win Advertisers Back by Threatening Them<!-- wp:html --><p>Gotham/FilmMagic via Getty</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-slammed-by-twitter-employees-during-mass-layoffs-as-tremendously-shty">Elon Musk</a> is threatening to “name and shame” advertisers who have hit pause on Twitter while his takeover of the social media platform sows chaos.</p> <p>The idea, apparently, is that Musk’s fans would boycott those companies until they agree to start funneling ad bucks to Twitter again.</p> <p>General Mills, General Motors, Volkswagen, and Pfizer are among the major corporations that have stopped advertising on Twitter since <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-reportedly-offers-to-abandon-twitter-lawsuit-agrees-to-new-deal">Musk bought it a week ago for $44 billion</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-tries-to-win-advertisers-back-by-threatening-them?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Elon Musk is threatening to “name and shame” advertisers who have hit pause on Twitter while his takeover of the social media platform sows chaos.

The idea, apparently, is that Musk’s fans would boycott those companies until they agree to start funneling ad bucks to Twitter again.

General Mills, General Motors, Volkswagen, and Pfizer are among the major corporations that have stopped advertising on Twitter since Musk bought it a week ago for $44 billion.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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