{"id":1078,"date":"2012-03-13T12:36:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T12:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2012-03-13T13:18:37","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T13:18:37","slug":"cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN to Acquire Mashable.com for $200m &#8211; Media Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From a couple of days the internet talks are become hotter with interesting news which is related with Mashable.com. Yes \u2026 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\u2019s one of the biggest acquisitions of CNN.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/pulse-frameworks\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mashable-for-sale.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mashable-for-sale\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1079\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mashable-for-sale.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mashable-for-sale-153x76.jpg 153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Top Tweets &#038; News on Mashable Acquisition<\/h2>\n<p>USA Today technology reporter Jon Swartz has tweeted \u201cReuters says CNN to buy Mashable for $200 million; CNN isn&#8217;t ready to announce anything today, tomorrow or this week, a rep says.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>TechCrunch<\/h2>\n<p>The hot SXSW rumor is that CNN is looking to acquire Mashable for some $200 million. But right now it\u2019s 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&#8230;.<a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2012\/03\/12\/pete-cashmore-denies-cnn-acquisition-rumor-to-mashable-staff\/\" title=\"TechCrunch report about Mashable Acquisition\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ajowmrii9RQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>guardian.co.uk<\/h2>\n<p>CNN is on the verge of buying social media news website Mashable for &#8220;upwards of $200m&#8221;, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8230;.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/2012\/mar\/12\/cnn-buy-mashable-social-media\" title=\"guardian.co.uk report about Mashable Acquisition\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>dailyrecord.co.uk<\/h2>\n<p>CNN are set to pay a young Scot $200million for a website he set up in his bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>The US media giant are desperate to get their hands on Pete Cashmore\u2019s social media and technology site Mashable.<\/p>\n<p>It attracts 20million users a month and has more than 2.2million followers on Twitter&#8230;..<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/editors-choice\/2012\/03\/13\/us-media-giants-set-to-offer-young-scot-200m-for-mashable-the-website-he-set-up-in-his-bedroom-86908-23786242\/\" title=\"dailyrecord.co.uk news about Mashable Acquisition\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a couple of days the internet talks are become hotter with interesting news which is related with Mashable.com. Yes \u2026 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\u2019s one of the biggest acquisitions of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[55],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CNN to Acquire Mashable.com for $200m - Media Talks  - Vishmax.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CNN to Acquire Mashable.com for $200m - Media Talks  - Vishmax.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From a couple of days the internet talks are become hotter with interesting news which is related with Mashable.com. Yes \u2026 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\u2019s one of the biggest acquisitions of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vishmax.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-03-13T12:36:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-03-13T13:18:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/pulse-frameworks\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mashable-for-sale.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/785fa94b56eb17ae7706d30777d6ab93\"},\"headline\":\"CNN to Acquire Mashable.com for $200m &#8211; Media Talks\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-03-13T12:36:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-03-13T13:18:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/\"},\"wordCount\":267,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Internet\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/\",\"name\":\"CNN to Acquire Mashable.com for $200m - Media Talks - Vishmax.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-03-13T12:36:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-03-13T13:18:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CNN to Acquire Mashable.com for $200m &#8211; Media Talks\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Vishmax.com\",\"description\":\"Software Company in Calicut for Web Design and eCommerce\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Vishmax.com\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/logo-vishmax.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/logo-vishmax.png\",\"width\":150,\"height\":50,\"caption\":\"Vishmax.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/785fa94b56eb17ae7706d30777d6ab93\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e218268870406c917d20b442936d9e68?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e218268870406c917d20b442936d9e68?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CNN to Acquire Mashable.com for $200m - Media Talks  - Vishmax.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CNN to Acquire Mashable.com for $200m - Media Talks  - Vishmax.com","og_description":"From a couple of days the internet talks are become hotter with interesting news which is related with Mashable.com. Yes \u2026 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\u2019s one of the biggest acquisitions of [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/","og_site_name":"Vishmax.com","article_published_time":"2012-03-13T12:36:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-03-13T13:18:37+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/pulse-frameworks\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mashable-for-sale.jpg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/785fa94b56eb17ae7706d30777d6ab93"},"headline":"CNN to Acquire Mashable.com for $200m &#8211; Media Talks","datePublished":"2012-03-13T12:36:15+00:00","dateModified":"2012-03-13T13:18:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/"},"wordCount":267,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#organization"},"keywords":["Internet"],"articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/","url":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/","name":"CNN to Acquire Mashable.com for $200m - Media Talks - Vishmax.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-03-13T12:36:15+00:00","dateModified":"2012-03-13T13:18:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/blog\/cnn-to-acquire-mashable-com-for-200m-media-talks\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CNN to Acquire Mashable.com for $200m &#8211; Media Talks"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/","name":"Vishmax.com","description":"Software Company in Calicut for Web Design and eCommerce","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Vishmax.com","url":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/logo-vishmax.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/logo-vishmax.png","width":150,"height":50,"caption":"Vishmax.com"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/785fa94b56eb17ae7706d30777d6ab93","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e218268870406c917d20b442936d9e68?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e218268870406c917d20b442936d9e68?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}