CNN to Acquire Mashable.com for $200m – Media Talks

From a couple of days the internet talks are become hotter with interesting news which is related with Mashable.com. Yes … according to news giant sites like dailyrecord.co.uk, guardian.co.uk etc., are reporting that CNN is trying to Acquire Mashable.com for $200 million. If the news is true then it’s one of the biggest acquisitions of CNN.

Top Tweets & News on Mashable Acquisition

USA Today technology reporter Jon Swartz has tweeted “Reuters says CNN to buy Mashable for $200 million; CNN isn’t ready to announce anything today, tomorrow or this week, a rep says.”

TechCrunch

The hot SXSW rumor is that CNN is looking to acquire Mashable for some $200 million. But right now it’s just that: a rumor. In fact we just heard from a trusted Mashable staffer that founder and CEO Pete Cashmore is denying the reports to senior level Mashable editors….More

guardian.co.uk

CNN is on the verge of buying social media news website Mashable for “upwards of $200m”, according to reports.

The global news network, which is owned by Time Warner, is said to be in advanced talks to acquire the site which was founded by Scottish-born Pete Cashmore in 2005….More

dailyrecord.co.uk

CNN are set to pay a young Scot $200million for a website he set up in his bedroom.

The US media giant are desperate to get their hands on Pete Cashmore’s social media and technology site Mashable.

It attracts 20million users a month and has more than 2.2million followers on Twitter…..More