Contemporary off of outlining his resolution for the Russia-Ukraine disaster, by way of, in fact, tweet, then complaining, as soon as once more, about how the platform is riddled with bots, the billionaire has reportedly despatched a letter to Twitter administration proposing that they keep away from the approaching courtroom battle over his try to drag out of his takeover deal, and that Twitter settle for his provide, on the unique, agreed value of $54.20 per share.

Musk has reportedly supplied to finish all litigation, and keep away from a messy courtroom drama, by going again to his unique plan, which might see Musk change into Tweeter-in-Chief, and finish months of public back-and-forth between the 2 events.

Why would Musk do that?

Nicely, clearly, Musk’s authorized crew will not be completely assured that this can be a battle they will win. Twitter’s crew has been steadfast in its authorized foundation, regarding the clauses of the deal, which they are saying contains ‘hermetic commitments’ that can lock Musk into his unique provide both approach.

The court docket trial can be more likely to uncover discord round Twitter’s administration and processes, which, if Musk does finally lose the case, would then change into his downside, and that PR harm may additional scale back the worth of the corporate.

It appears, then, that Musk and Co. have determined that this may all be an excessive amount of, and in the event that they’re not more likely to win, they might as properly chunk the bullet and transfer on to the following stage.

No less than, that’s the way it appears.

In keeping with a number of studies, Twitter’s not precisely leaping at Musk’s newest provide, with Twitter administration now more and more skeptical of the businessman’s techniques, and any provisions that he could have added in to nonetheless pull out of his unique provide. It doesn’t appear to be there’s any approach out for Musk and Co., however Twitter is now assessing this newest provide, earlier than deciding on whether or not to simply accept.

Possibly, Twitter thinks that it may get extra from penalties assigned to Musk because of the court docket trial, or possibly they’re simply being further cautious after months of uncertainty.

Both approach, it’s not a completed deal simply but.

However the provide is seemingly a concession from Musk’s aspect that the court docket case will not be going to go their approach, which signifies that, as of proper now at the very least, it does appear to be Musk will change into the brand new proprietor of Twitter, someday quickly.

What’s going to that imply for Twitter?

It’s unattainable to say, however happening Musk’s unique plans for the platform, as outlined in his lately printed textual content message exchanges, Twitter is about to change into:

• Much less reliant on adverts – Guided by recommendation from former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Musk had envisioned an open supply model of Twitter, the place the platform not relied on advert {dollars} to function. Musk later conceded that this will not be potential, however it appears that evidently he’ll discover methods to scale back the platform’s reliance on adverts, which may embody new subscription choices, together with charging a charge for business customers of the app.
• Extra aligned with free speech – In varied textual content exchanges, Musk at the very least entertained the thought of Twitter loosening its guidelines round what folks can say and share within the app. Certainly one of Musk’s confidantes prompt that he rework the app into ‘the worldwide spine of free speech’ by primarily eradicating all guidelines and restrictions on what folks can tweet. Musk didn’t essentially help this idea, however it does appear seemingly {that a} Musk-owned Twitter will likely be extra open, which may result in a spread of latest challenges and issues.
• Extra aggressive in eradicating bots – Musk has loudly and repeatedly criticized Twitter for the quantity of bots on the platform, an issue which he initially vowed to unravel. He then seemed to make use of bots as a method to exit his takeover deal – however in essence, it does appear to be Musk goes to need to sort out the bot difficulty, which may see Twitter’s lively consumer rely take successful. Which might be dangerous for the corporate’s share value, however Musk desires to take it non-public anyway.

Musk’s different plans for Twitter embody huge workers cuts, whereas he additionally, apparently, has assured buyers that he can take the app from the 238 million every day actives it has proper now, to 931 million by 2028.

Look, it’s Elon Musk, and someway, someway, he has been capable of get some fairly large-scale issues completed that others thought have been unattainable, whether or not that’s by way of intelligent investments, luck, circumstance or extra.

Even the harshest critics need to concede that he has a strong observe document on this entrance, and with that in thoughts, possibly he can flip Twitter right into a billion-user powerhouse, and make it a extra related a part of our interactive course of.

We’ll quickly, seemingly, discover out, with Twitter mulling Musk’s newest provide, which may see him take over in a short time, if accepted.

UPDATE: Twitter had supplied the next assertion on the re-issued Musk provide: