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Musk says higher priced Twitter subscription won’t carry ads

Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday that a higher priced subscription of the social media platform will not carry advertisements.

January 22, 2023
22 January 2023

Jan 21 (Reuters) – Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted on
Saturday that a higher priced subscription of the social media
platform will not carry advertisements.

The billionaire also said that ads are “too frequent on
Twitter and too big,” and that steps will be taken to address
those issues in coming weeks.

Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.

Twitter earns nearly 90% of its revenue from selling digital
ads and Musk recently attributed a “massive drop in revenue” to
rights organizations that have pressured brands to pause their
Twitter ads.

Earlier in December, Musk announced that Twitter’s Basic
blue tick will have half the number of advertisements and that
it will offer a higher tier with no advertisements by 2023.
(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru
Editing by Alistair Bell)

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