Elon Musk Is Casually Trying To Buy The New Scientist – Via Twitter

How the mega-rich do their magazine shopping.
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For most of us, Twitter is a place where we can keep up to date with the latest news, check in with our favourite celebs or start vitriolic arguments with just about anyone, about anything.

But when you’re one of the world’s richest people with a penchant for a crazy scheme, it offers so much more.

Enter Elon Musk.

The controversial entrepreneur was clearly having some issues accessing the New Scientist magazine’s website on Friday morning so he did what anyone else would do – complain on Twitter.

Please fix your paywall. Your content is great, but your paywall is not.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2019

This prompted someone to suggest he should invest so they don’t need a paywall and can “make the articles free for everyone to read”, which is, frankly, a great idea.

@elonmusk Maybe you should invest in @newscientist and make the articles free for everyone to read? 🙂

— Arpit (@transopac) April 5, 2019

Musk pondered the suggestion...

🤔

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2019

Pondering done, he inquired about the price...

How much is it?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2019

At this point the New Scientist CEO, Nina Wright, intervened – possibly interpreting the whole thing as a bit of a joke.

I’m sure we could strike the right deal 😉 in the meantime we’d better fix this paywall issue you’re experiencing quick sharp!

— Nina Wright (@ninatweets) April 5, 2019

Thing is this is Elon Musk, and he’s not one to joke.

Hi Nina! So … how many £ would it take? Just between us.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2019

Cue the rest of Twitter...

Elon: "Just between us."

Twitter: ... pic.twitter.com/7zxDm3KHlg

— Brad McGash 🚀 (@ScienceGash) April 5, 2019

Wright has yet to reply, publicly at least, so we’ll keep you up to date with this fascinating insight into how billionaires do their shopping.

The New Scientist did not respond to a request for a comment.

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