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February 24, 2014 #CommsChat on tech buyouts
You’d have to be living under a rock to have missed the massive $19bn deal – equivalent to the GDP of Afghanistan – between Facebook and WhatsApp last week. This is just the most recent in a spate of high-profile buy-outs affecting Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Yahoo and nearly every other household name in social media. This week, on #CommsChat, we’ll examine the efficacy and impact of these deals. Topics:
- Was WhatsApp worth $19bn? Was tumblr worth $1.1bn?
- What can Facebook hope to gain in terms of revenue from WhatsApp (or Instagram)?
- What can it gain in terms of brand and presence?
- What are the benefits to a social media company from expanding in such a way?
- What could go wrong?
- Would you suggest a contracting of the social media world through similar deals in future?
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