From: "Thomas Jr., Landon"

From: "Thomas Jr., Landon" To: "Jeffrey E." <jeevacation®gmail.com> Subject: Re: Elon and you Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 21:48:37 +0000 He is one of the reporters working on this, but I am not kidding here: its about one half of the business section. They are going full throttle on this story. On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:45 PM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: Is this Jim Stewart On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:27 PM Thomas Jr., Landon ana wrote: So Jeffrey. I need to fill you in on the latest in the Musk drama. My colleagues (about 5 of them!!!) are working on a big Sunday story about how, in effect, Elon became Elon. The focus of the story will be on the influential people in his world -- going back a ways and up to today. They have told me that your name has come up — a lot. And that you are going to be featured in this story. How do we get a hold of this guy, they asked me? I told them: let me lay it out to him. So, that is what I am doing. In doing their reporting they have heard that you have — in the past and quite recently -- spent lots of time with him. And, I am just now realizing that you must have come to know him through The Edge, via Nathan M., Brockman, Minsky and others. I think I have said to you that I would not again write a story about you -- or that involves you in a prominent way. For a number of reasons — we are friends, etc. And I will hold true to that -- I will not have a byline on the story. But I can help in how the story is framed if you do decide to talk about how you came to know him and how you are engaging with him now. Also, whether you cooperate or not, you are going to be in the piece. So, as your occasional PR adviser this is what I would say: lets get it all out now. Its actually a pretty cool story that gets to the essence of what you do, and my first story about you in NY Mag: finding and supporting beautiful minds. Let me know what you want to do. LT Landon Thomas, Jr. Financial Reporter New York Times http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/ t /index.html EFTA01007368 please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of WE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation®gmail.com, and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved Landon Thomas, Jr. Financial Reporter New York Times 212 556-3821 917 794-6902 http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t index.ht ml EFTA01007369