Kurt Wagner

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The Battle for Twitter’s Soul February 28, 2024

In his new book, Battle for the Bird, which comes out today, Kurt Wagner tells the story of the platform that he’s been covering for a decade. As a social media reporter, currently at Bloomberg, Wagner has covered Twitter from its days with a 140-cha...

18 Years Old, Twitter—Now X—Behaves Like a Sullen Teen February 22, 2024

This March, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter will turn 18 — a grown-up in human years, even as the site seems to be stuck in a crude adolescence. In the opening pages of “Battle for the Bird,” the Bloomberg journalist Kurt Wagner r...