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Just a rumor, of course, and one that could very well be spread by investors. But worth considering if only for the possibilities.
Just to follow up a bit, I can't help but wonder about the economics here. Twitter isn't making any money and while that didn't stop Newscorp, for instance, from buying MySpace, the latter was soon overtaken by Facebook and Linked-In. So where's the pay-off going to come from?
Now I admit to being a finance guy who doesn't know much about the wonderous new products that such matchups can make possible. But I do know that this sort of What, me worry? approach to the economics of a deal was exactly what ultimately led to the Nineties tech bubble. And while I'm all for creative destruction, I think a little more financial discipline would go a long way to making hyberbolic dealmaking work out better in the end. Because I just can't get around the fact that two out of three deals don't add value.
I for one am tired of bubbles, be they in tech or finance. And I doubt I'm alone. So that makes me wonder if there's really as much to this rumor as some folks in the blogosphere would have us believe. Maybe the VC guys are just looking to to drum up an exit from Twitter. Ya think?
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