{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/635bb2651217ef0012dd6d28?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Elon-gate: the Musk-Twitter story","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>After months of wrangling, Elon Musk completed his deal to buy <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/business/2022/10/05/elon-musk-is-buying-twitter-really-probably?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>, and immediately sacked several top executives. We ask what’s next for the platform and its users. <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2022/10/20/how-organised-crime-is-blighting-south-africas-economy?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Organised crime</a> is damaging South Africa’s economy. And our obituaries editor looks back at one of the 20th century’s most daring <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/obituary/2022/10/27/ian-hamilton-masterminded-one-of-the-most-daring-heists-of-the-last-century?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">heists</a>. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}