Microblogging buyout rumors abound
"Someone's buying Twitter!" started as the new "Stop the presses!" around the iMedia editorial department.
It has now morphed into the equivalent of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" as the rumor flames are doused as quickly as they are sparked.
First, there were talks with Google, which were actually related to possible product and distribution partnerships, particularly around a deal to become the exclusive search partner of the microblogging phenomenon.
Then there was a teaser from Twitter CEO Evan Williams that got the web -- excuse the pun -- all atwitter over a potential buyout. It turns out that the "very big day" for Twitter was Oprah's Twitter debut.
In light of the constant rumors swirling around Twitter, iMedia queried a handful of industry experts as to how some the biggest companies in our space could benefit from the purchase of the microblogging giant. Read on to find out what might happen if Microsoft, Facebook, Google, MySpace, or Yahoo decided to cough up the big bucks to do just that.
