https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/27/source-musk-has-taken-control-of-twitter-ousted-top-execs/ > By Donie O’Sullivan and Clare Duffy | CNN > Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, a source familiar with the deal told CNN Thursday, putting the world’s richest man in charge of one of the world’s most influential social media platforms.