X Makes First Major Move to Payments Platform (398)

<p>This week the all-knowing Elon announced their "everyone gets charged a dollar" plan. Musk made this sound like it was a "bots" move. Joe and Robert know it's something completely different.</p> <p>Tucker Carlson makes his well-telegraphed move to media company (we called this). What can creators and marketers learn from the move?</p> <p>And marketers are as tense as ever. Is this temporary or just stating the obvious?</p> <p>Rants and raves include a bit of Shakespeare, following by Google and Taylor Swift.</p> <p><strong>This week's links:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/x-twitter-1-dollar-yearly-fee-elon-musk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X Charges One Dollar</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.axios.com/2023/10/17/tucker-carlson-new-media-company-15-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson Media Company</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/390277/medialink-finds-marketers-on-the-verge-of-chaos.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marketers Going Mental</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-adds-support-for-paywalled-content-in-rich-results-test-tool/498728/#close" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google's New Gating Move</a></p> <p><a href= "https://secure.givelively.org/event/orange-effect-foundation/night-at-the-races-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OEF Night at the Races</a></p> <p><strong>This week's sponsor:</strong></p> <p>Why do all that marketing if you can't close the business?<br /> <br /> Sales Hub supercharges your sales process so you can find, track, and close deals all in one powerful, easy-to-use platform. Suddenly, making deals is no big deal and you’re freed up to focus on what really matters: your customers. <br /> <br /> Get smarter about how you handle and close your sales by trying <strong><a href="https://www.hubspot.com/sales" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Hubspot Sales Hub</a></strong> today. </p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">-----</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Liked