Google, Facebook and others have begun preliminary discussions regarding a takeover of Twitter, the Wall Street Journal. Twitter, which lets you post messages of 140 characters in length and had 175 million subscribers in September, is owned by its founders and various investment funds that went into its capital.
The latest was the American fund Andreessen Horowitz on Wednesday, which according to the Wall Street Journal Wednesday brought $ 80 million, against an undisclosed amount of capital. In December, the microblogging site has raised $ 200 million under an agreement that the estimated $ 3.7 billion.
"The discussions yet went nowhere," adds the WSJ. According to the sources of the daily discussions about an acquisition were made on the basis of a valuation of between 8 and 10 billion dollars. Founded in San Francisco in 2006, Twitter has not been advertising in April. After a turnover of $ 45 million in 2010, estimates believe that it should exceed the 100 million dollars this year even reach that of 150 million.
In January, its CEO Dick Costolo had said he hoped the company would remain independent and focus on its development rather than an IPO 
The latest was the American fund Andreessen Horowitz on Wednesday, which according to the Wall Street Journal Wednesday brought $ 80 million, against an undisclosed amount of capital. In December, the microblogging site has raised $ 200 million under an agreement that the estimated $ 3.7 billion.
"The discussions yet went nowhere," adds the WSJ. According to the sources of the daily discussions about an acquisition were made on the basis of a valuation of between 8 and 10 billion dollars. Founded in San Francisco in 2006, Twitter has not been advertising in April. After a turnover of $ 45 million in 2010, estimates believe that it should exceed the 100 million dollars this year even reach that of 150 million.
In January, its CEO Dick Costolo had said he hoped the company would remain independent and focus on its development rather than an IPO
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