The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and others reported, based on unnamed sources, that the top executives of Twitter (TWTR) were fired and escorted from the building, including Chief Executive Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and Vijaya Gadde, head of legal policy, trust and safety.

Twitter Inc.는 이제 Elon Musk가 소유하고 있으며 미국시간 목요일 밤 여러 언론 매체에서 

'오랫동안 기다려온 Twitter매각이 공식적으로 종료되었다'고 보도했다.

월스트리트저널(Wall Street Journal), 워싱턴포스트(Washington Post) 등은 

익명의 소식통에 따라 Parag Agrawal(CEO),Ned Segal(CFO) Vijaya Gadde(최고법률책임자)를 

포함해 트위터(TWTR)의 최고 경영진이 해고되고 건물에서 에스코트됐다고 보도했다. 

(*미국에서는 짤리는 사람은 안전요원이 지켜보는 가운데 개인 소지품만 들고 회사 입구까지 에스코트한다) 

Opinion: Twitter stood up to Elon Musk and won, but will it feel like a win once he owns it?

The acquisition ends months of legal wrangling after Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla Inc. (TSLA) and SpaceX and a frequent Twitter user, offered to buy Twitter in April. After reaching an agreement with Twitter's board to buy the social media company for $44 billion, Musk tried to back out of the deal and Twitter sued him. He faced a Friday deadline to complete the deal or face trial.

Thursday morning, Musk signaled a deal was imminent when he tweeted a statement aimed at assuring advertisers, some of whom might be concerned about his plans for content moderation. Musk has said one of his motivations for buying the platform is related to complaints about censorship, mostly from people who have been banned because they have violated Twitter's terms of service.

"Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!" Musk said in his statement to advertisers Thursday.

Twitter did not immediately return a request for comment late Thursday.

Twitter shares have rallied 26% over the past month, closing Thursday at $53.70, close to the $54.20 share price Musk agreed to pay in April.