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Major Companies Pile On Twitter Advertising Pause Following Elon Musk’s Takeover

General Mills and Audi recently stated that they are pausing advertising on Twitter following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform. Musk responded to advertisers in general stopping their ad buys, saying the company has a “massive drop in revenue,” adding that he feels the drop is “Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.”

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Watch: 5 Most Politicized Super Bowl Ads

Super Bowl LI on Sunday night was as close to a politics-free experience as a football fan could have hoped for, with even halftime performer Lady Gaga eschewing political talk in favor of high-energy showmanship — but several big-name brands couldn’t help but include overt political messaging in their Big Game advertising.

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Super Bowl 50 Commercials: Best and Worst

For a lot of those watching Sunday evening’s Super Bowl 50, the commercial breaks offered more excitement than the on-field matchup between Peyton Manning’s Broncos and Cam Newton’s Panthers. Check out some of the best and worst Super Bowl 50 spots.

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CEO Resigns as VW Scandal Could Cost up to $30B

CEO Martin Winterkorn just stepped down as CEO of VW Group after the company admitted that for the last 6 years they had installed sensor “defeat device” software to reduce emissions readings by up to 98 percent in 500,000 diesel-powered cars sold in the United States.

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Consumer Electronics Show Opens with Focus on Cars

Consumer Electronics Show 2015 opened Monday morning in Las Vegas to throngs of the digerati hoping to get a peek at the latest technology trends and styles. Unlike shows in the past that featured connected gadgets and media, this year’s focus seems to be on the automobile as the ultimate connected consumer electronics platform.

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