Posterous Gets Acquired By Twitter

Posterous, a popular blogging platform, has been acquired by Twitter.

The opportunities in front of Twitter are exciting, and we couldn't be happier about bringing our team's expertise to a product that reaches hundreds of millions of users around the globe. Plus, the people at Twitter are genuinely nice folks who share our vision for making sharing simpler.

Posterous Spaces will remain up and running without disruption. We'll give users ample notice if we make any changes to the service. For users who would like to back up their content or move to another service, we'll share clear instructions for doing so in the coming weeks.


It's unclear how much Twitter paid for Posterous or what it plans to do with the platform.

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