Musk's X lost half its value in a year

Bernama
October 31, 2023 15:49 MYT
The social media platform X has lost significant value since billionaire Elon Musk bought it a year ago under the name Twitter, reported dpa news quoting media reports. - TWITTER XAI/REUTERS
SAN JOSE: The social media platform X has lost significant value since billionaire Elon Musk bought it a year ago under the name Twitter, reported dpa news quoting media reports.
In an allotment of shares to employees, X was valued at a total of US$19 billion, Fortune magazine and financial news agency Bloomberg reported on Monday. Musk paid around US$44 billion for Twitter in October 2022.
Since then, Musk renamed it X and said he wants to build out the platform as an app with more functions, including financial services.
The platform has been struggling since the takeover due to a significant drop in advertising revenue. Musk said several times that they are only about half as high as they once were.
Many companies are avoiding X as an advertising platform because they fear a negative environment for their brands.
Musk is trying to fill the gap with subscription revenue. In addition, he took out loans of around US$13 billion for the takeover - which are now weighing on X and which are racking up interest of around US$1.2 billion per year.
--BERNAMA-dpa
#Elon Musk #Twitter #X #revenue #English News
;