Elon Musk takes away The New York Times' blue checkmark, apparently out of spite
The New York Times announced last week that it wasn't going to be paying for Twitter Blue, so Elon Musk removed their checkmark

The state of Twitter for the last few months has been nothing short of a dumpster fire, with new policies being instituted (before almost immediately being undone), messy company-wide layoffs, and code so glitchy that getting videos to load properly is increasingly rare. Even so, the day had finally come for one of Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s most hated newer policies to come into effect: removing the free verified checkmarks from accounts. Yet, while most companies and public figures still held onto their verified blue checks past the April 1st deadline, The New York Times’ main account wasn’t quite as lucky.
Per NBC News, The New York Times’ account (which currently has about 55 million followers) lost its official blue checkmark on Sunday, following the news publication’s announcement last week that they wouldn’t pay the $1000 per month business fee for the new verification process. Things seemed to get expedited though when Musk was informed by a Twitter user of the company’s plans.
“Oh ok, we’ll take it off then,” replied the Tesla CEO via his Twitter on Sunday.