Another great Twitter scoop by revealing that after 2 months, Twitter subscribers total 180K in the U.S., or 0.2% of MAUs
Follow
Martin Peers
@mvpeers
Columnist and editor at The Information, WSJ alumnus, longtime media reporter
New York, NYJoined January 2012
Martin Peers’s Tweets
1
9
Amazon planned to do a Target-sized big box store, code-named Project Reese, as and I report in this deep dive story. Now, like other parts of Amazon's store ambitions, it's no more.
2
8
10
Nflx's ad tier is gaining traction says in piece full of scoopy details, including that Nflx projected just 1.75m ad subscribers by end of Q1
1
Reax to this piece from last night, suggesting Stripe is overhyped, proves my point; a lot of people really are sensitive to any suggestion that Stripe isn't the greatest company ever built
2
1
6
2
2
Stripe's IPO timing is much discussed but the more interesting question is the state of the business. Here & answer that question in a great story
4
6
If adjusted EBITDA were a person
32
223
2,303
Big scoop on Stripe's plans for going public (or not)
1
The chaos that is top management at Patreon, great deep dive by
1
Here's the most detailed post-Musk accounting of Twitter's revenue drop, region by region, and how it relates to goals... another great scoop by
1
7
13
Elon Musk deliberately turned off access of outside apps to Twitter, internal messages show.
14
221
170
In the 36 hours since users started reporting outages, there has been no communication from , or Elon himself, leaving developers like Tweetbot creator Paul Haddad in the dark.
5
141
480
Show this thread
Musk deliberately turned off third party app access to Twitter, Erin Woo has learned, in her latest The Information scoop
The mistaken Apple compensation reporting suggests that, not only do reporters nowadays not "turn every page" as Robert Caro was taught, they don't turn any page!
3
2
14
Surprising to see how many news outlets mistakenly reporting that Apple is cutting Tim Cook's comp; it's cutting his *target" comp which, if you look historically, is typically below his actual comp; more here
6
7
Glad this is being covered: Jewish workers across the US say they're experiencing more overt discrimination in their daily work lives bloomberg.com/news/articles/ via
3
4
Six of us worked hard over last 24 hours to bring readers inside the history of Microsoft and OpenAI and what’s next. Lots of news. Fun story to work on with and many others. 1/
5
19
47
Show this thread
NEW: TikTok owner ByteDance's e-commerce volume (GMV) in China grew 76% to 1.41 trillion yuan ($208B) in 2022. TikTok's GMV in Southeast Asia more than quadrupled to $4.4B. TikTok is planning e-commerce push in U.S., Brazil, Spain, Australia this year.
3
31
61
Show this thread
New: Inside the rise and fall of Gemini Earn, with details on the Winklevosses push to grow the product and attract companies to put money on Earn, even while warning signs kept cropping up.
1
16
36
With Meta Platforms' top management spread around the world, scheduling meetings requires taking a/c of everything including sometimes Zuckerberg's morning surfing ritual; great story by
3
4
Mia has ALS so she sends her seasons greetings this way! Please reply with a video selfie in your own language to encourage her to keep smiling :)
#als #alsawareness #teamgleason
gofund.me/6686a98a
1
3
6
The exec most likely to become Twitter CEO, Steve Davis, spent the first weeks of fatherhood sleeping in Twitter's office with his baby and partner says & ; that's hard-core, Musk style; great profile
1
2
3
Apple is suffering a brain drain of key executives from its silicon group, a department which has kept iPhones ahead of the competition for years; many exclusive details, including what the iPhone 14 Pro lacks, in this incredible expose by
1
3
After all, the only person who is hurt by journalists getting off Twitter is Elon Musk! If you want to get back at his bans, stop using Twitter!
Quote Tweet
Here's an idea: why don't news orgs see this as an opportunity to get off Twitter, thus saving their best material for their own readers; using Twitter only helps Twitter's shareholders; Twitter is not a public utility twitter.com/maxwelltani/st…
1
Here's an idea: why don't news orgs see this as an opportunity to get off Twitter, thus saving their best material for their own readers; using Twitter only helps Twitter's shareholders; Twitter is not a public utility
Quote Tweet
New from me: News organizations are reeling from Twitter’s ban of journalists who cover Elon, and mulling how to respond
semafor.com/article/12/16/
Show this thread
2
1
11
Walmart is jumping into the buy now pay later game, first The Information scoop for
2
5
18
Now Coinbase lays people off, scoop by
1
2
This seems like a big deal... A16Z's investment in Musk's Twitter purchase and in Adam Neumann's new company didn't thrill the VC firm's LPs, says in smart column
4
13
25
In light of news that twitters board was dissolved, this news story we did this month seems relevant
1
2
4
Yes!
Quote Tweet
Walking around NYC these days is like playing a constant game of Frogger thecity.nyc/2022/10/25/234
1
Pls i think you need to come out of retirement and take over management of which says to be in a shambles
2
5
VZ network has had towers down in NYC for 4-5 days, customer service rep says, and they have no information on when it will be fixed!
1
3
Even better ; customer service rep says they can't find out anything about status : I'm not getting anything" the customer service rep says... they're escalating via a ticket... to fix 5 cell towers that are down in NYC...what is going on?
1
Question for : calls were dropping repeatedly in midtown manhattan yesterday and customer service says 5 cell towers are down in nyc and "they're working on them'; i've been on hold for 20 minutes trying to find out more... why are we paying a premium for vz again?
Penalty for killing a woman with a moped on a NYC street -> 1-3 years in prison but a former ebay executive who harassed journalists gets nearly 5 yrs in prison; hmmm. nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-c;
1
1
1
You keep promising this thing… where is it?
Quote Tweet
I'm writing a newsletter.
You'll get @semafor's hottest tech scoops that take you inside the most intriguing companies in the world and help you understand the captivating characters shaping our future, plus a lot more.
Sign up for Semafor Tech here 
semafor.com/reed-albergotti
semafor.com/reed-albergotti7