Facebook + Twitter =?
Rumors about a possible purchase by Facebook of the main Internet microblogging service (Twitter) have been in the air for a long time. However, this time more specific information began to look through. According to BoomTown analyst, Kare Swisher, Facebook, up to the week before last, offered for Twitter no less than $ 500 million in its own shares.
As it turned out, the negotiations that began on the initiative of the FB did not bear fruit because of the uncertainty of investors and the Twitter management team in the real value of the proposed assets. In principle, during “mergers and acquisitions”, such doubts arise very often, and this is not surprising. The confidence of Twitter, which is experiencing problems with monetization, in its own strength, certainly played a significant role in the refusal. The analyst also referred to the skepticism of Facebook’s leadership towards Twitter’s potential prospects; here, most likely, it’s about increasing profits.
At a recent Web 2.0 summit, the moderator asked Mark Zukenberg whether he was interested in acquiring Twitter. The answer of the young billionaire, the creator and leader of Facebook, was laconic: “We are delighted with their achievements. They managed to create a very elegant social network model. ”
For comparison: Facebook today has attracted more than $ 516 million in investment, while $ 20 million has been invested in Twitter. Twitter has about 6 million active users. Facebook - more than 120.
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An interesting fact: Internet entrepreneur and independent investor Marc Andreessen is in the middle of both barricades, at the same time being a Twitter investor and a member of the board of directors of Facebook.
As it turned out, the negotiations that began on the initiative of the FB did not bear fruit because of the uncertainty of investors and the Twitter management team in the real value of the proposed assets. In principle, during “mergers and acquisitions”, such doubts arise very often, and this is not surprising. The confidence of Twitter, which is experiencing problems with monetization, in its own strength, certainly played a significant role in the refusal. The analyst also referred to the skepticism of Facebook’s leadership towards Twitter’s potential prospects; here, most likely, it’s about increasing profits.
At a recent Web 2.0 summit, the moderator asked Mark Zukenberg whether he was interested in acquiring Twitter. The answer of the young billionaire, the creator and leader of Facebook, was laconic: “We are delighted with their achievements. They managed to create a very elegant social network model. ”
For comparison: Facebook today has attracted more than $ 516 million in investment, while $ 20 million has been invested in Twitter. Twitter has about 6 million active users. Facebook - more than 120.
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An interesting fact: Internet entrepreneur and independent investor Marc Andreessen is in the middle of both barricades, at the same time being a Twitter investor and a member of the board of directors of Facebook.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/45405/
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