Elon Musk May Put All of Twitter Behind Paywall

The new owner claims usage of the social media site ‘is at an all-time high’ as internal data suggests 15 million have joined since his takeover

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Elon Musk has discussed putting all of Twitter behind a paywall even as the number of users has reportedly soared.

After laying off thousands of staffers days following his $44 billion purchase of the platform, and then announcing that Twitter “Blue” will increase its price to $7.99 per month from $2.99 and automatically provide account verification in the form of a “blue check” to anyone who pays the fee, the hands-on Musk is discussing making Twitter a subscription service, according to Platformer, a Silicon Valley substack run by former editor of The Verge Casey Newton.

Both Musk and Sacks have discussed the idea in recent meetings, Platformer reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

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