Musk made a similar comment on social media years before he acquired X (then Twitter) in 2022.

Comcast will move cable news channels CNBC and MSNBC, along with other TV brands, into a new company tentatively named SpinCo.

Donald Trump Jr. mocked MSNBC for its declining ratings on Friday as he and Elon Musk toyed with the prospect of buying the left-leaning cable news channel—apparently in jest. The exchange on X was kicked off when the president-elect’s eldest child responded to a post from the finance meme account @WallStreetMav that suggested that MSNBC was “up for sale” amid reports that Comcast,