Stolen Docs Reveal Minutes From Twitter’s Meeting With Google
Posted by: siliconalleyinsider in Silicon Alley InsiderOn March 12, Twitter met with Google to discuss how a long-rumored search deal would work. Here are the notes from the meeting, according to stolen documents posted on TechCrunch.
In that same March 12th meeting, Twitter also wrestled with a proposed search advertising partnership with Microsoft. The team was “not ready” and considered this yet another “Distraction.” Worries were expressed that it would strain Twitter’s engineering resources and that any partnership with Microsoft would raise branding issues: “There is going to be a perception that we are dating.” The board was also worried about Twitter “getting into bed with Microsoft.” By the end of the discussion, someone asks, “Why did we start talking to Microsoft in the first place”?