社评 0711 马斯克退出併购推特

马斯克退出併购推特

世界首富特斯拉老闆马斯克宣佈,他将退出併赚推特之计划。

这项以四百四十亿企图入股推特之计划曾经撼动美国媒体界， 马斯克之律师在一封给推特之信中表示， 推特并未依约披露到底多少用户之正确资料， 推特表示，他们只有百分之五的订户是视為废客户， 但是马斯克怀疑数字之可靠性。

依据合约马斯克可以把十亿美元之订金拿回来， 但是推特认為马斯克对兼併并不真诚， 他们将採取法律行动进行对抗。 

推特董事会主席泰勒在声明中表示， 他将依照董事会之决议来完成这项收购案， 目前推特之股价已经从每股五十四点二元降至每股三十六点八一元， 市值掉了三分之一。

马斯克以四百四十亿元收购推特之事， 是近年来媒体界最大之一笔交易 ，不但数字龎大 ，而且其影响力将是前所未见。

马斯克以电动车造就他成為世界首富， 他还同时进入太空事业， 其影响力可谓从天上到地下。

今天的推特也是在近年来之社群媒体中创造了奇蹟， 政商各界更是争先恐后利用推特表达意见， 其中也封了前总统川普之账号， 阻止他发表激烈之言论。

老实说， 我们是生活在一个”有钱能使鬼推磨”之特殊时代， 这位首富举手之间即可控制一大社群媒体平台， 更可依他的想法来改变媒体之立场和方向。

 Musk Is Trying To Exit The Twitter Deal

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, said he is seeking to call off his proposed $44 billion deal to buy the Twitter social media platform.

His attorney contends that Twitter has not complied with its contractual obligation to provide an accurate assessment of how many fake user accounts are on its system. Twitter has claimed that only 5% of its users are spam.

A letter sent by Twitter lawyers said that Musk is officially seeking to walk away from the deal under the contractual terms so he can back out on his $1 billion deposit.  

Twitter Board Chairman Bret Taylor indicated that the company will indeed wage a legal battle against Musk forcing him to prove the company has breached the agreement. 

Twitter's market price dropped to $36.81 from $54.20 last Friday. 

This huge deal can only happen in America. It also proves that money can buy anything. As the richest man in the world, Musk can own one of the most powerful media platforms in the world. If he ever buys Twitter, he could change all the management personnel along with the entire culture of the media giant.