11 March 2012

Gawker: “Twitter’s Secret History As the World’s Worst Tech or Media Business”

To collect total revenue of $28.5 million in 2010, for example, the company had to spend and write off more than three times that, leading to a net loss of $67.8 million, according to new financial data on the company provided by our source.
And 2011 hardly got off to a more promising start: Twitter posted a net loss of $25.8 million on revenue of $23.8 million through April 30, according to the same source. In that same period, Facebook took in 26 times as much revenue, converting nearly a third of it into profit — and that was only through the end of March. Ryan Tate

That looks bad for . And it’s not like they can strike a deal with the most profitable tech company in history to keep themselves afloat.

Oh, wait

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