Twitter CEO Elon Musk informed NPR this week that if the corporate wasn’t going to make use of its Twitter account, he may give it away,

In an unprompted e-mail to NPR, the billionaire requested the corporate if it deliberate to proceed tweeting.

“So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” the e-mail learn, based on NPR.

When requested why the account would must be transferred, Mr. Musk mentioned it's firm coverage to recycle dormant handles and that NPR will obtain “no special treatment.”

According to Twitter coverage, an account is dormant if it isn't logged in and has not tweeted in additional than 30 days.

It just isn't clear how the switch of NPR’s deal with would occur, or who would get it.

The emails are the most recent in what has turn into an extremely poisonous relationship between Mr. Musk and the mainstream press.

The battle with NPR kicked off final month after Mr. Musk utilized a “state-affiliated media” tag to the outlet’s account. In response, NPR successfully stop Twitter. Other media retailers, like PBS, additionally stop Twitter after getting comparable tags.

Even although the tag was eliminated following the controversy, NPR has, seemingly in an act of protest, declined to return. 

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