Comments on: When Twitter Met Facebook: The Acquisition Deal That Fail-Whaled

By: kurniawan saputra

kurniawan saputra — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:51:16 +0000

Hmm…i thing it’s will be a big competition.Who won i don’t know..

By: Media Channel 2.0 — Blog — Who Should Be Named 2008 Media Person of the Year?

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:47:21 +0000

[...] micro-blogging service Twitter attracted sensational buzz, a dramatic increase in users and even a takeover offer from Facebook this year, despite a lack of a clear business model. The [...]

By: Facebook eyed Twitter but failed to clinch a deal : Green & White

Facebook eyed Twitter but failed to clinch a deal : Green & White — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:33:22 +0000

[...] the acquisition of Twitter but the companies have yet to reach a consensus on the deal with some insiders saying the deal has failed [...]

By: Just Social – Why Facebook Could be the next big news publisher

Just Social – Why Facebook Could be the next big news publisher — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:15:21 +0000

[...] throw around, they’ve begun acquiring companies around them. Zuckerberg tried and failed to buy Twitter in 2008 with an offer that, given Twitter’s popularity today, amounted to highway robbery. [...]

By: Billion Dollar Club Welcomes Twitter « LNP Studios

Billion Dollar Club Welcomes Twitter « LNP Studios — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:37:16 +0000

[...] to develop on its own and not be acquired by a larger player such as Google. In November 2008, Twitter turned down an offer from Facebook as executives thought the chatter-site had room to [...]

By: Twitter to Raise $100 Million More From Huge Investors :: SavvySponsor.com

Twitter to Raise $100 Million More From Huge Investors :: SavvySponsor.com — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:17:45 +0000

[...] company on their own instead of selling it to the likes of a Google (GOOG) or Microsoft (MSFT), and they’ve already turned down Facebook. And if they weren’t going to sell, raising yet more money to give the company time and resources [...]

By: Twitter Goes For Broke, if Broke Means “A Lot of Money”: New Funding Round at $1 Billion Valuation | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:19:35 +0000

By: Ask Not What Twitter Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For Twitter | Jason Chan – Digital Strategy

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:36:06 +0000

[...] sustainable business model? It defied the business strategist side of me, especially when they they turned down a $500MM offer from Facebook. There was even a “Twitter business model contest” to see who could come up with one. [...]

By: Facebook adds @ symbol to copy twitter and go real time

Facebook adds @ symbol to copy twitter and go real time — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:26:28 +0000

[...] just wipe Twitter off the map….they have added the ability to @reply your friends. Facebook (who recently got to fairly late stage discussions about acquiring Twitter) are very keen to get into the “real time” space and have made tentative steps but [...]

By: lynnettereed – Relationship Symmetry in Social Networks

lynnettereed – Relationship Symmetry in Social Networks — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:37:56 +0000

[...] events have made it clear that Facebook sees Twitter as a serious threat to its business. First, Facebook tried to buy Twitter for $500,000,000 in stock. Twitter declined. Facebook then began describing their service in [...]

By: Facebook Launches Twitter Application for Page Admins. Where’s The Small Print? :MemberGuru.com

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:49:20 +0000

[...] both update their FB page and Twitter status. This is rather interesting considered that Facebook failed to acquire Twitter, then launched a redesign turning the news feed effectively into ‘Twitter on Crack’, [...]

By: Facebook Launches Twitter Application for Page Admins. Where’s The Small Print? | BLOGCHINA

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:46:48 +0000

By: Facebook Launches Twitter Application for Page Admins. Where’s The Small Print? | The Blog Herald

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:08:24 +0000

By: Facebook Lite Takes Out Twitter - Sketchworks Blog

Facebook Lite Takes Out Twitter - Sketchworks Blog — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:06:12 +0000

[...] quite sure but it seems as if this is Facebook’s way of getting back at Twitter ever since Twitter refused their offer of $500 million dollars back in [...]

By: Facebook will go after Twitter with the acquisition of FriendFeed | ControlAltTV |

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:28:15 +0000

[...] Facebook even tried to buy Twitter back in 2008 for $500 million. Twitter turned down the offer from Facebook as the company should “still take a shot at building its revenues–there are none right now–as well as it had done at building its growth, “ Kara Swisher of AllThingsD reported. [...]