Main content

Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

Ros Atkins and guests discuss Elon Musk’s Twitter deal, the implosion of CNN+, and the launch of TalkTV.

Three major stories could change the way we get our news. The multi-million-dollar streaming service CNN+, once billed as the broadcaster’s future, has shut down after less than a month. Over in Silicon Valley, Elon Musk has signed a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. And the UK has seen the launch of a new broadcast channel in Talk TV. These three models – streaming, social media, and broadcast – offer competing alternatives for how we’ll consume news-based content in the future, but which of them will win out?

Guests: Claire Atkinson, Chief Media Correspondent, Insider; Vivian Schiller, Executive Director, Aspen Digital; Christopher Williams, Business Editor, The Telegraph; Lauren Hirsch, reporter, The New York Times.

Producer: Dan Hardoon
Presenter: Ros Atkins
Studio engineer: Tim Heffer

Available now

28 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Apr 2022 21:30

Clip

Broadcasts

  • Wed 27 Apr 2022 16:30
  • Wed 27 Apr 2022 21:30

Podcast