WSJ- Twitter Inc. is expected to field bids this week, and Marc Benioff has been building a case to Salesforce.com Inc. investors and others that his company should be the buyer, according to people familiar with the matter.
reuters
Mr. Benioff is looking to make a splashy acquisition that would secure for Salesforce a treasure trove of data as well as a prized consumer brand, according to the people.
Mr. Benioff, whose recent approach to Twitter set off the bidding process, sees the social-media pioneer as an “unpolished jewel” with untapped potential in advertising, e-commerce and other data-rich applications he regards as important to the cloud-software juggernaut’s next phase of growth, the people said.
But the brash CEO, who lost out to Microsoft Corp. in a bitter battle to buy LinkedIn Corp. this spring, faces formidable obstacles.Alphabet Inc.’s Google may bid also, the people said, while media giant Walt Disney Co. has been considering its own offer. MORE
Burn in hell Twitter
5 bucks, that’s my final offer, not a penny more.
Damn dude you must rich or crazy or both
I confess that I have never seen the attraction of twitter. It as seemed to me to never be more than at best a puerile avenue for people to express their opinions and at worst a sewer leading to a cesspool of human mental illness.
They are going to merge Twitter with MySpace. The new site will be called TwitSpace.
an “unpolished jewel” with untapped potential in advertising,
exactly – monetize it with bullshit advertising and really slow it down with streaming flash ads.
I’ll top sTevo’s bid to $10. And when I win, all’y’all workers (gigglesnort) better polish your resumes, ’cause you’re all fired. Not laid off. Fired. Especially the Census Squad, you’re first. With Extreme Prejudice. And when you’re next prospective employer calls for a reference, no polite, no sugarcoating. So, good luck.
AC – it’ll be called ‘Twace (say Twas, as in “Twas the night before…), since they’ll both be out of business.