Major Advertisers Worried About Appearing With Elon Musk At Marketing Conference: Report

Major Advertisers Worried About Appearing With Elon Musk At Marketing Conference: Report

Share to Linkedin File photo of Mohammed al-Karkavi (L), UAE Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Elon Musk (R), CEO of ... [+] Twitter and founder of Tesla and SpaceX, attend the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Dubai Media Office/Handout /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Some of the biggest advertisers in the U. S. are worried about the presence of Twitter CEO Elon Musk at an upcoming marketing conference, according to a new report from Semafor. Why would these companies be concerned? They reportedly object to the billionaire's "racist rhetoric." Semafor cites a private email thread between representatives at large companies in the lead up to Musk attending the Possible conference in Miami, Florida later this month. Musk is scheduled to be interviewed by NBCU ad chief Linda Yaccarino. "While I am a huge supporter of free speech and enterprise we can not ignore the impact of such hate speech. I especially can't ignore it as a black woman," Colgate-Palmolive VP Diana Haussling is quoted as writing in the email exchanges with other top executives, according to Semafor. The report also quotes Haussling as being worried about the, "often racist rhetoric of