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05-19-2014, 10:22 PM
Report: Twitter Mulling Acquisition of SoundCloud
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Twitter may be considering what could be its biggest acquisition yet.
Peter Kafka at Re/code reports (http://recode.net/2014/05/19/twitter-is-considering-a-deal-to-buy-soundcloud/) that Twitter is mulling a deal to buy SoundCloud, a popular online community for sharing and discovering music. The deal is described as being tentative, at best.
A rep for SoundCloud declined to comment on the report. Twitter could **t immediately be reached for comment.
See also: The Beginner's Guide to SoundCloud (http://mashable.com/2013/11/10/soundcloud-beginners-guide/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
SoundCloud was founded in Berlin in 2007 and has more than 250 million users. The company has raised well over $100 million in funding and is reportedly valued at $700 million.
Twitter has shown an interest in the music space before, launching its own Twitter Music app, which proved to be a flop (http://mashable.com/2013/04/29/twitter-music-ranks/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). SoundCloud files already integrate into the social network through the use of Twitter Cards. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/19/twitter-soundcloud-acquisition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Twitter may be considering what could be its biggest acquisition yet.
Peter Kafka at Re/code reports (http://recode.net/2014/05/19/twitter-is-considering-a-deal-to-buy-soundcloud/) that Twitter is mulling a deal to buy SoundCloud, a popular online community for sharing and discovering music. The deal is described as being tentative, at best.
A rep for SoundCloud declined to comment on the report. Twitter could **t immediately be reached for comment.
See also: The Beginner's Guide to SoundCloud (http://mashable.com/2013/11/10/soundcloud-beginners-guide/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
SoundCloud was founded in Berlin in 2007 and has more than 250 million users. The company has raised well over $100 million in funding and is reportedly valued at $700 million.
Twitter has shown an interest in the music space before, launching its own Twitter Music app, which proved to be a flop (http://mashable.com/2013/04/29/twitter-music-ranks/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). SoundCloud files already integrate into the social network through the use of Twitter Cards. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/19/twitter-soundcloud-acquisition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Soundcloud (http://mashable.com/category/soundcloud/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/Sc_vcz57ZWA