Elon Musk pushes to make money from Twitter

Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, is throwing everything against the wall to make more money at the social media company.

Since closing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter last week, Musk and his advisers have discussed adding paid direct messages — which would let users send private messages to high-profile users — to the service, according to two people with knowledge of the matter and internal documents viewed by The New York Times.

They have also talked about adding “paywalled” videos, which would mean that certain videos could not be viewed unless users paid a fee, these people said. And they have discussed reviving Vine, a one-time short-form video platform, which could attract a younger audience coveted by advertisers.