Don Lemon introduced on Wednesday that his present on X (previously Twitter) has been canceled. Lemon, a former CNN anchor, says X proprietor Elon Musk cancelled the present hours after he interviewed him for the primary episode of the present.
“Elon Musk has canceled the partnership I had with X, which they introduced as a part of their public dedication to amplifying extra various voices on their platform,” Lemon wrote in an announcement. “He knowledgeable me of his resolution hours after an interview I carried out with him on Friday.”
The interview will nonetheless air on March 18 on YouTube, Lemon says.
Lemon’s present was one of many first unique exhibits slated to launch on X, as Musk has been in search of to show the social media platform into extra of a video-focused website.
“X is a platform that champions free speech, and we’re proud to offer an open setting for various voices and views,” X stated in an announcement on its Enterprise account. “The Don Lemon Present is welcome to publish its content material on X, with out censorship, as we consider in offering a platform for creators to scale their work and join with new communities. Nonetheless, like several enterprise, we reserve the proper to make choices about our enterprise partnerships, and after cautious consideration, X determined to not enter right into a industrial partnership with the present.”
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