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April 10, 2012
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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Facebook_________Instagram. That's the ________ of our business news.
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INSKEEP: And they did more than just click the little thumbs up. Facebook is buying the _______ application Instagram and the price is_______than it has ever paid for an acquisition - _______; this for a company with only around a_______ employees. As somebody joked yesterday, why didn't they just _______ it?
As NPR's Laura Sydell reports, some analysts say the purchase is a _______ move.
LAURA SYDELL, BYLINE: Instagram is a mobile app that let's you put filters on your photos to make them sepia toned, or look like an _______ western and share the pictures with friends.
Analyst Patrick Moorhead says the site was a creative breakthrough for _______.
PATRICK MOORHEAD: It allowed people's artistic beauty or artistic sense come out or lack of artistic sense come out in a way that nothing had done before.
SYDELL: Instagram drew _______ million users in less than two years. Great for Instagram, but Moorhead says Facebook saw a challenge. The popular social network has been a _______ player in photo sharing.
MOORHEAD: Facebook bought this as a defensive move to not lose a huge amount of customers off of Facebook.
SYDELL: In a blog post, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised to let Instagram remain _______, however, many Instagram customers were _______.
On Twitter people were giving advice like how to_______ your Instagram account. And though $1 billion for a company with a dozen employees may sound like a hefty price; analyst Moorhead points out it's still only_______ percent of Facebook's valuation.
Laura Sydell, NPR News, San Francisco.
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April 10, 2012
–Courtesy of NPR
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Facebook likes Instagram. That's the top of our business news.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
INSKEEP: And they did more than just click the little thumbs up. Facebook is buying the photo application Instagram and the price is higher than it has ever paid for an acquisition - $1 billion; this for a company with only around a dozen employees. As somebody joked yesterday, why didn't they just download it?
As NPR's Laura Sydell reports, some analysts say the purchase is a defensive move.
LAURA SYDELL, BYLINE: Instagram is a mobile app that let's you put filters on your photos to make them sepia toned, or look like an old western and share the pictures with friends.
Analyst Patrick Moorhead says the site was a creative breakthrough for mobile.
PATRICK MOORHEAD: It allowed people's artistic beauty or artistic sense come out or lack of artistic sense come out in a way that nothing had done before.
SYDELL: Instagram drew 30 million users in less than two years. Great for Instagram, but Moorhead says Facebook saw a challenge. The popular social network has been a leading player in photo sharing.
MOORHEAD: Facebook bought this as a defensive move to not lose a huge amount of customers off of Facebook.
SYDELL: In a blog post, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised to let Instagram remain independent, however, many Instagram customers were skeptical.
On Twitter people were giving advice like how to delete your Instagram account. And though $1 billion for a company with a dozen employees may sound like a hefty price; analyst Moorhead points out it's still only 1 percent of Facebook's valuation.
Laura Sydell, NPR News, San Francisco.
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