Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, Verizon Are In Talks With Twitter For a Potential Acquisition (cnbc.com)

Posted by msmash on Friday September 23, 2016 @03:20AM from the who-should-buy-twitter dept.

Twitter is in conversation with a number of tech companies for a potential sale. The social company is in talks with Google and cloud computing company Salesforce (which also wanted to purchase LinkedIn), and may receive a formal offer soon, reports CNBC. TechCrunch corroborating on the report adds that Microsoft and Verizon are also in talks, albeit separately, with Twitter for the same. From CNBC report: Shares of Twitter were up 20 percent Friday. Twitter's board of directors is said to be largely desirous of a deal, according to people close to the situation, but no sale is imminent. There's no assurance a deal will materialize, but one source close to the conversations said that they are picking up momentum and could result in a deal before year-end. Suitors are said to be interested as much in the data that Twitter generates as its place as a media company.

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Since hiring Anita Sarkeesian... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-09-23 05:26 · Score: 2, Informative

...for their Orwellian "safety committee," they've lost billions of dollars in shareholder value.
They even suspended Instapundit yesterday for expressing non-approved thought, and they already banned @Nero and @RSMcCain.
Will any of Twitter potential buyers make it a forum for users of all political persuasions to enjoy free speech, or will the continue to ban people who object to the SJW agenda?