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Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Inc., left, and Bob Iger, chief executive officer of Walt Disney Co., center, walk to lunch during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. The summit is typically a hotbed for etching out mergers over handshakes, but could take on a much different tone this year against the backdrop of lackluster deal volume, inflation and higher interest rates.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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By Lucas Shaw

March 17, 2024 at 10:00 PM UTC

Good afternoon from sunny Los Angeles. My colleague Kurt Wagner has a new book out about X/Twitter. It started off as a book about the app’s co-founder and former CEO, Jack Dorsey, but plans changed when Elon Musk bought the company. I co-hosted a book party for Kurt this past week and have included some of his comments about the state of social media below. (You can buy his book here.)

I also went on Derek Thompson’s podcast to talk about the state of the movie business. (Our conversation is a natural complement to last week’s newsletter.) As always, you can reach me at lshaw31@bloomberg.net. And if you don’t subscribe to this newsletter, you should do so here.