Twitter could take many forms, depending on new owner


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 27 Sep 2016

Market buzz: Twitter's market value is more than US$16bil (RM66bil) after talk of a sale drove the stock up over the past few days.

SAN FRANCISCO: With speculation mounting that Twitter Inc will soon have a new corporate owner, the 10-year-old social networking service  which has long struggled to define its core purpose -may end up heading in one of several distinctly different directions depending on who ends up paying for it.

Companies including Salesforce.com Inc, Walt Disney Co and Alphabet Inc's Google have shown interest in Twitter, which is working with investment banks to evaluate its options, according to people familiar with the matter.

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