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☆ Meet Europeans who moved to the US and say there’s no going back
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

We spoke with a handful of Europeans who are embracing American life about what brought and ties them to the United States. “I was always a career hunter, super career-focused,” says Herrmann, who eventually started his own tourism marketing business in the United States, Herrmann Global. “You have to have a certain level of cynicism and criticism because that’s what makes you smart.”She says she gets very upset when she sees Europeans “pooh-poohing” the United States. That said, she does find the “constant quest to be better, more efficient and more relevant” in the United States exhausting at times. She says living in the United States has afforded her the privilege to get to know and befriend people of many different ethnicities.

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☆ Inside the world of Wordle at the New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Saira Mueller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

After the New York Times acquired Wordle from its creator, software engineer Josh Wardle, in January 2022, its player base grew to tens of millions. The New York Times assigned a dedicated editor for Wordle, Tracy Bennett, in November 2022. “You’re even going to be able to play Wordles that predate the New York Times acquisition, which is really fun,” Knight told CNN. What Wordle has done for the New York TimesAside from the editorial strategy, Wordle fits perfectly into the Times’ business plans. For Donna Cona, who has played it since before the Times acquisition, Wordle has become her go-to thing each morning.

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☆ YouTube's mass exodus of stars show the uncertainty of the creator economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. In today's big story, we're looking at a potential exodus of stars from YouTube and what it means for the creator economy. What's on deck:This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementBut some people who helped fuel YouTube's rise are walking away from the platform that gave them their big break. TikTok's challenges represent the ongoing uncertainty content creators face trying to make a living in such an unpredictable and shrinking world.

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☆ Why can’t we stop calling X, Twitter?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Saira Mueller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

While some people (mainly fans of Musk) have embraced the X brand, most have not. Many people, both online and in person, still call the platform Twitter, and refer to posts as tweets. WHY ARE WE STILL CALLING THIS PLATFORM TWITTER. Even when you do see X, it's framed as "X, formerly Twitter". So the brand is what they say it is… it’s not that customers can’t stop calling it Twitter, it’s that they won’t.”

Persons: it’s, adieu, Elon Musk, — Jack Scalfani, ”, — Sherrye Pomeroy, Linda Yaccarino, It’s, ” Ramon Jimenez, Wolff Olins, “, ” Marty Neumeier, —, Musk, ’, Zoë Schiffer, Schiffer, Josh Adelson, X, x.com, ” Musk, wasn’t, Neumeier, “ It’s, ’ ” Elon Musk, Alain Jocard, James Withey, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Withey, — Sandy Horne Organizations: CNN, Twitter, Premium, Twitter Twitter, Global, Merriam, Webster, Oxford English, Liquid Agency, Elon, Musk, Twitter Inc, X Corp, Getty, The New York Times, Apple, Adobe, Google, Strategy, Innovation, Nissan, Datsun Locations: @sherrye_pomeroy, San Francisco, Paris, AFP, Frankfurt, Germany, @SandyHorne61

☆ Late Night Bids Adieu to G.O.P. Dropout Ron DeSantis
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. DeSantis Is HistoryDays after finishing 30 points behind Donald Trump in the Iowa caucuses, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida bowed out of the presidential race on Sunday. “Yeah, DeSantis knew it was time to go four months after the rest of us did,” Jimmy Fallon joked on Monday.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Jimmy Fallon Organizations: Netflix, Gov Locations: Iowa, Florida

☆ How long is Nikki Haley willing to hold out for the nomination?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Now, only two major Republican candidates remain: Trump and his former UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley. Republican presidential candidates Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley participate in the CNN Republican Presidential Primary Debate in Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University on January 10, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 9, 2018, in Washington. With this in mind, it certainly seems that Trump's ruled Haley out from his short list of running mates.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Trump, Nikki Haley, Haley's, —, Donald Trump, Haley, she's, She's, Chip Somodevilla, she'll, Joe Biden, Trump's, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Biden, Evan Vucci, Elise Stefanik, adieu Organizations: Florida Gov, Republican, UN, Service, GOP, Trump, Gov, CNN Republican, Drake University, Democratic, Truth, U.S, United, White, House Republican Conference, Republican Convention Locations: Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, Des Moines , Iowa, Washington, Milwaukee

☆ Morning Bid: November bids adieu with inflation data, OPEC
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2023. With signs of turn emerging in Federal Reserve policy guidance and October PCE inflation readings set to encourage that later in the day, rate cut fever was in full flow across the Atlantic too. Headline annual inflation in the bloc fell as low as 2.4% - within arm's length of the ECB's 2% target. Later on Thursday, U.S. PCE inflation for the prior month is pencilled to fall 3.0% from 3.4% - with a core also ebbing to 3.5%. "Monetary policy is in a good place," Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said on Wednesday, echoing comments from previously hawkish Fed governor Christopher Waller the previous day.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Mike Dolan, policymaker Fabio Panetta, Loretta Mester, Christopher Waller, John Williams, Christine Lagarde, Megan Greene, Kroger, Bernadette Baum Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Treasury, Federal, European Central Bank, Bank of Italy, policymaker, U.S ., ECB, Cleveland Fed, Wall, OPEC, Dallas Fed, PMI, York Federal, Bank of England, Academy Sports, Rock Biotech, Titan, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, China, Canada, Vienna, Automotive, Duluth, BOS, Jan

☆ Late Night Bids Adieu to Mike Pence’s Presidential Bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Prayers AnsweredFormer Vice President Mike Pence ended his presidential campaign on Saturday, telling a crowd of supporters in Las Vegas, “It’s become clear to me that this is not my time.”On Monday, Stephen Colbert said that Pence’s time was 1692. “His place: Salem. His job: Man Who Shoves Woman Into River to See if She’s a Witch,” Colbert joked.

Persons: Mike Pence, It’s, ”, Stephen Colbert, “, ” Colbert Organizations: Netflix Locations: Las Vegas, Salem

☆ Paris Fashion Week: Highlights from the Spring-Summer 2024 runways
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Samantha Tse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Meanwhile over at Miu Miu, it was a heartfelt adieu to Fabio Zambernardi after more than four decades with the Prada Group; as in Milan, Miuccia Prada came out and took a bow with him one last time. Pamela Anderson attended fashion week shows sans makeup, as shown here at Vivienne Westwood. At Miu Miu, Sydney Sweeney, Emma Chamberlain, Zaya Wade and Mia Goth made for an eclectic, très-trendy front row; Cate Blanchett appeared at Louis Vuitton alongside Zendaya, who wore a dramatic white double-zipper dress that has gone viral. Issey Miyake continues to explore movement in its runway shows, this season with musicians imitating chirping and other sounds found in nature. Peter White/Getty ImagesOne of the most joyful moments on the Miu Miu runway was the accessory styling.

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☆ Elon Musk's X has added 'formerly Twitter' to its App Store description as users continue to struggle with its rebrand
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

X changes its app store tagline after users complain about confusing new name and logo. The social media platform has seen downloads fall since Elon Musk got rid of the iconic bird logo. The decision to rebrand the site was criticized by ex-Twitter employees, with one calling it "corporate seppuku." The app has changed its description on the app store from "Blaze your glory" to "Formerly Twitter," after the chaotic rebrand of the social media platform saw downloads of newly-christened X fall dramatically. Marketing experts slammed the rebrand as "completely irrational" and warned that it could wipe billions off the value of the social media platform.

Persons: Elon Musk, Eric Seufert, Seufert, tweeting, adieu, Walter Isaacson, Musk Organizations: Elon, Twitter, Service Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Elon Musk met then-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal for a secret dinner in 2022 and said Agrawal was not the 'fire-breathing dragon' the platform needed
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Nidhi Pandurangi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk and then-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal got dinner together in March 2022. Musk came away from the meeting describing Agrawal as a nice guy, but not the "fire-breathing dragon" Twitter needed. After the meeting, Musk said Agrawal was a "really nice guy." Messages between Musk and Agrawal were released in September 2022 as part of a lawsuit Twitter filed against Musk in July 2022. "Great dinner :)," Musk responded.

Persons: Elon Musk, Parag Agrawal, Musk, Agrawal, Walter Isaacson's, Elon, Walter Isaacson, Isaacson, Twitter's, Bret Taylor —, Ned Segal, Vijaya Gadde Organizations: Twitter, Street Journal, Musk Locations: Musk's

☆ Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk, and the most difficult CEO job on earth
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Kali Hays | Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Linda Yaccarino is tasked with fixing a product that Elon Musk seems to have intentionally broken. Linda Yaccarino had been on the job for only about a month when Musk dropped the weekend X bomb. Some X employees said they see Yaccarino as a CEO in name only. "She was clearly on message with talking points that built a case for reappraisal," said a longtime ad industry executive. "Linda says nothing"Yaccarino has also struggled to rally X employees in other ways.

Persons: Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk, adieu, Musk, Yaccarino, Rebecca Blackwell, She's, Elon, Matt Navarra, Gwynne Shotwell, Dia Dipasupil, hadn't, Navarra, she's, Linda Yaccarino Isaac Brekken, execs, Adolf Hitler, Linda, they've, he's Organizations: Employees, AP, Twitter, SpaceX, X, Penske Media, Getty, General Motors, CNBC, X's New, PGA Tour, San, YouTube, Facebook Locations: San Francisco , New York, LA, Miami Beach, Fla, New York City, X's New York, New York, San Francisco

☆ After Investigation and Complaints, Twitter Removes ‘X’ on Headquarters
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Lauren Mccarthy | More About Lauren Mccarthy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Background: San Francisco was investigating. Twitter representatives told the inspector that it was a “temporary lighted sign for an event,” the complaint said. The changes were reflected inside Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters — X logos were projected in the cafeteria and conference rooms were renamed — as well as outside. Early on July 24, Mr. Musk shared a photo of a giant X projected on Twitter’s office building shortly after announcing the change. Days later, the “X” sign was installed.

Persons: Francisco, ” Mr, Hannan, ”, Elon Musk, Musk, adieu, Innisfree Organizations: San, Twitter, San Francisco, Associated Press, Incorporated Locations: San Francisco

☆ Israel doubt on Biden's Saudi deal, Africa tough on Niger and Lebanon's top banker bids adieu
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

West African countries have imposed sanctions and threatened force against Niger’s military junta. US President Biden has made normalizing ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia a policy priority - but a top Israeli lawmaker says it’s not imminent. Lebanon's veteran central bank chief leaves his post with his legacy in shreds and the country’s financial system in collapse. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising.

Persons: Biden, it’s Organizations: Apple, Google, Reuters, Thomson, Reading Locations: Israel, Saudi Arabia, Reading West Africa, Niger, France, Pakistan

☆ Twitter's got a new tagline — and it sounds like something an aging rock band would say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Gabriel Rivera | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has a new motto, and it sounds like it belongs to an '80s cover band. It's the latest change in Elon Musk's rebrand of Twitter into an "everything app." X — the app formerly known as Twitter — has a new slogan, and it sounds a little too much like a Bon Jovi song. the app's page in the Apple App Store now reads, a change from the former tagline of "Let's talk." Declarative and reminiscent of an '80s rock band, the phrase is Elon Musk's latest change as he rebrands Twitter to X.

Persons: X, Twitter —, Elon, Musk, adieu Organizations: Apple, Twitter, X Corp Locations: Elon Musk's, San Francisco

☆ X logo officially replaces Twitter's famous bird on mobile app, building headquarters
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

X, formerly known as Twitter, has officially retired its famous blue and white bird logo. The company previously introduced the logo on the web and launched the domain X.com, though Twitter.com also remains live. The transition from Twitter to X reflects Musk's vision to turn the platform into what he has called an "everything app." He shared a video of a large new X logo glowing on top of the company's headquarters early Saturday. "Time to update.," Yaccarino wrote in a post about the mobile app's logo change Friday.

Persons: Elon, Elon Musk, adieu, it's, Musk, Linda Yaccarino, CNBC's Sara Eisen, Yaccarino Organizations: Twitter, City, Department, Francisco's Department, SpaceX, Musk's, CNBC Locations: Los Angeles, San Francisco

☆ Elon Musk Kills Twitter’s Bird: A Timeline of the Social Media App, From twttr to ‘X’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Wsj Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The billionaire owner of Twitter signaled the change was coming in a series of tweets. “Soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds,” Musk wrote. How did we get here? A worker removing the sign at Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco on Monday. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty

Persons: adieu, ” Musk, Justin Sullivan, Getty Organizations: Twitter, Monday Locations: San Francisco

☆ Elon Musk's rebrand of Twitter to 'X' could get him in legal trouble with Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk's Twitter rebrand could land him in legal hot water with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and others, experts say. On Sunday, Musk announced that he was getting rid of the Twitter brand and logo. Meta's trademark for a white-and-blue X relates to "social networking services in the fields of entertainment, gaming and application development." The announcement comes just weeks after the launch of Threads, a Meta-owned app seen by some as a "Twitter clone." X may be "powered by AI" in the future, as Yaccarino noted, but the first phase of Twitter's rebrand is simple for now.

Persons: Elon, Mark Zuckerberg, Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Josh Gerben, Stacy Wu, Wu, didn't, Yaccarino, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Biden, " Biden, adieu Organizations: Twitter, Meta, Microsoft, Reuters, CNBC, Google Locations: we're, New York, China

☆ Elon Musk wants everyone to conduct their entire 'financial world' on X as he doubles down on his vision for an 'everything app'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk's grand ambition for X: Make it the place you manage finances and make payments. The billionaire said X users would be able to conduct their "entire financial world" on the app. The shake-up comes as Musk aims to see off a threat from Mark Zuckerberg's Threads. Elon Musk is preparing to transform X, formerly known as Twitter, into a social-media service where users can manage their "entire financial world" as part of his vision for an "everything app." Musk added that in the months to come, new features would be added to X that would give users "the ability to conduct your entire financial world."

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☆ Musk explains why he's rebranding Twitter to X: It's not just a name change
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk recently explained why he decided to rebrand Twitter to X and noted that it's more than just a name change. "Twitter was acquired by X Corp both to ensure freedom of speech and as an accelerant for X, the everything app. This is not simply a company renaming itself, but doing the same thing," Musk explained in a post Monday night. Musk recently hired former NBCUniversal advertising executive Linda Yaccarino as CEO, seen as a move to help reassure advertisers. WATCH: Elon Musk kills Twitter name for 'X' super app

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, it's, Linda Yaccarino, Yaccarino Organizations: Twitter, X Corp, CNBC, YouTube

Let's do this," tweeted Yaccarino, who also posted a picture of the logo projected onto the company's offices in San Francisco. loadingloadingBoth Yaccarino's and Musk's Twitter handles feature the X logo, although the Twitter blue bird is still visible across the platform. He also referred to the "interim X logo," and tweeted that "soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds". In response to a tweet asking what will tweets be called under X, Musk replied "x's". loadingThe original Twitter logo was designed in 2012 by a team of three.

Persons: Carlos Barria STOCKHOLM, Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Yaccarino, Musk, adieu, Martin Grasser, Matt Rhodes, Drew Benvie, Battenhall, Supantha Mukherjee, Martin Coulter, Aiden Nulty, Bharat Govind Gautam, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Twitter, PayPal, NBCUniversal, SpaceX, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, San Francisco, Elon Musk's, Stockholm, London, Bengaluru

☆ Musk risks even more damage to Twitter's business as the messaging app changes name to X
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk announced that there will be a rebranding of Twitter soon, and speculation points to the implementation of X.Elon Musk has long been enamored with the letter X. Musk had already converted Twitter's corporate name to X Corp, which itself is a subsidiary of X Holding Corp, as revealed in an April court filing. Musk's desire to turn X into a super app requires "time, money and people," which Twitter "no longer has," said Proulx. "Twitter's rebrand is a reminder that Elon Musk, not Threads or any other app, is and has always been the most likely 'Twitter killer,'" Enberg wrote. WATCH: Elon Musk wouldn't be who he is without 'demon mode' and his drive.

Persons: Elon Musk, that's, China's, Mike Proulx, Musk, " Proulx, didn't, It's, X.com, adieu, Linda Yaccarino, Proulx, Ralph Schackart, William Blair, Jasmine Enberg, Enberg, Elon, wouldn't Organizations: Twitter, Forrester, X Corp, X Holding, SpaceX, PayPal, Facebook, Google, CNBC, Insider Intelligence

☆ Twitter rebrands to 'X' as Elon Musk loses iconic bird logo
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter has officially rebranded to "X" after owner Elon Musk changed its iconic bird logo on Monday, marking the latest major shift since his takeover of the social media platform. Twitter's world-renowned bird logo was transformed into an X, however. Asked if the logo would change in a Twitter Spaces audio chat, he said "yes," telling an unknown speaker: "We're cutting the Twitter logo off the building with blow torches." The shift from bird imagery to an "X" is the latest sweeping change since Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion last year. The latest changes come as the social media giant continues to face competition from Meta's new app, Threads, which launched earlier this month.

Persons: Elon Musk, Porte, Musk, adieu Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, Viva Technology, Porte de, Sunday, Musk, PayPal, Help Locations: Paris, France

☆ Twitter's new 'X' logo looks suspiciously like a generic Unicode symbol
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter on Monday rolled out its new logo and brand: 𝕏.𝕏 is also a generic Unicode character known as "mathematical double-struck capital X." The new logo is also nearly identical to the lowercase "x" in the Monotype font "Special Alphabet 4." Twitter has a new logo thanks to a major rebrand that Elon Musk announced over the weekend: 𝕏. But the new branding looks suspiciously like a generic Unicode character known as "mathematical double-struck capital X" that was added to the Unicode in March 2001. The company's newly minted CEO, Linda Yaccarino, tweeted that Twitter — now called "X" — will "transform the global town square."

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☆ Twitter X logo: Elon Musk rebrands social media platform
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —In a radical rebranding, Twitter owner Elon Musk has replaced Twitter’s iconic bird logo with X.Musk made the shock announcement of his plans early Sunday. “Interim X logo goes live later today,” he wrote, shortly before sharing a photo of Twitter’s headquarters lit up by a giant new X. Increasing the pressure, earlier this month rival social media platform Threads launched from Facebook (FB) parent Meta. Twitter had 238 million active users prior to being taken private by Musk in October 2022. Musk explained his approach to free speech by saying: “Is someone you don’t like allowed to say something you don’t like?

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, X.com, ”, “ adieu, Mary ”, Twitter's, David Odisho, Linda Yaccarino, Twitter, Mills, Adam Mosseri Organizations: New, New York CNN, Twitter, Facebook, SpaceX, Tesla, Defamation League, Free Press, GLAAD, Meta Locations: New York, Twitter's San Francisco

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