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Section VII: Intellectual Property Risks and Mitigations pic.twitter.com/1N1FSjgljL
— Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) May 15, 2020
I guess that’s one way for Facebook to finally be good at “video” ? https://t.co/m0tEwZtLL3
— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) May 15, 2020
if this is a death knell for Twitter's giphy integration and the end of Woman Mug Spit Take and Drake Clapping Courtside et al I will plan the ticker tape parade for Zuckerberg myself https://t.co/jo2XtJA6QD
— Adam Moussa (@adamjmoussa) May 15, 2020
At $400 million, Facebook's Giphy acquisition is just a hair behind the largest media acquisition of the last decade or so, Axel Springer's purchase of Business Insider in 2015 pic.twitter.com/bhvJ1eJTOh
— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) May 15, 2020
Facebook is acquiring GIPHY for $400 million (https://t.co/xbyhxTkYfh)
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 15, 2020
Messaging app Signal has a GIPHY implementation. I asked Signal's founder Moxie Marlinspike whether Signal will keep using it; he pointed to Signal's privacy approach: https://t.co/Rbc0gGLskM pic.twitter.com/LOSkFUR0c5
Does anyone know if Apple uses Giphy for iMessage GIFs? Unclear where Apple sources that library from.
— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) May 15, 2020
since this is more important now, a reminder that giphy's client SDK requires developers to give access to the device tracking ID
— dom hofmann (@dhof) May 15, 2020
1997: Apple buys NeXT for about $400M
— Kontra (@counternotions) May 15, 2020
2020: Facebook buys Giphy for about $400M
(I wonder which is the better value)
↓ https://t.co/qw0STXUPo0
okay i can officially now say that my struggle to describe a gif in the lede of the post officially qualifies me as an Old
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) May 15, 2020
Should be blocked. Won’t be blocked. Because antitrust is a fantasy. https://t.co/bD2TuIJNIG
— SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN??? (@sivavaid) May 15, 2020
Well, time for a Giphy alternative.
— Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig) May 15, 2020
“I don’t trust Facebook” is an incredible understatement. They’re effectively a criminal enterprise at this point. https://t.co/L1hnyUlRFd
All FB $ investments in journalism should now be measured in units based on giphy's $400m acquisition.
— Tony Haile (@arctictony) May 15, 2020
ie. "FB announced they were investing 25% of a giphy to support journalism today"https://t.co/ZtY7YWmnuF
I'm too lazy, someone make the Ghananian pallbearers but the casket is "competition" https://t.co/ELYzUpU9rN
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) May 15, 2020
In related news - I do like the value placed here on expression and I like to see the @GIPHY team rewarded for all the work they did on helping invent this category. Congrats https://t.co/EYopT2Segv https://t.co/Qy1Ibunrnc
— Josh Elman (@joshelman) May 15, 2020
Giphy will keep all its existing integrations with other apps like Twitter, which means Facebook gets the data on those API calls, which will give the company insight into what people are using beyond Facebook.
— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) May 15, 2020
I think the best way to see this deal is through the lens of Facebook’s opportunism during the pandemic https://t.co/yxcWPUfFUa
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) May 15, 2020
Given Facebook's GIPHY acquisition, Signal's highly engineered privacy preservation for something "frivolous" like gif search seems pretty prescient https://t.co/VrqRNWmMJA pic.twitter.com/p8FNiPn7Bw
— Parker Higgins (@xor) May 15, 2020
Facebook just bought the world’s largest archive of DMCA takedown requests. The due diligence memo must have been awesome. https://t.co/sXcdd2023b
— Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) May 15, 2020
GIFs are just off-the-shelf cringe for people too lazy to make TikToks https://t.co/mM2SnNQAmU
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) May 15, 2020
Attention, FTC, DOJ and Congress: you should stop this acquisition. Immediately. In fact, you should prohibit internet giants from making acquisitions of any kind. Monopolization of tech is bad for the economy, employment, and civil rights. https://t.co/IvoFtAzksp
— Roger McNamee (@Moonalice) May 15, 2020
For $400M, Facebook just bought GIPHY’s surveillance into visual communication trends in every app. pic.twitter.com/NH9TYy8eOT
— joshconstine (@JoshConstine) May 15, 2020
$400M for a GIF site https://t.co/6PEvLxlUTy pic.twitter.com/Ouo5ZY8iBz
— Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) May 15, 2020
My first thought: there is now a Facebook product built into Signal https://t.co/JFoAX4mpSj
— William Turton (@WilliamTurton) May 15, 2020
I remember when Giphy was valued at $600M (!) and not even focused on monetisation. Always seemed like a tough jump into branded GIFs or sponsored search results: guess Facebook will ram that home now https://t.co/CHEVIy9CSn
— Jon Russell (@jonrussell) May 15, 2020
Giphy was good while it lasted https://t.co/sIP7y7GqNj
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) May 15, 2020
Time to disconnect Giphy from enterprise social tools like Teams and Slack. Your corporate chat streams are going to be full of Facebook tracking beacons if you don't...
— Simon Bisson #StayHome (@sbisson) May 15, 2020
Does this mean the gifs embedded in our IMs are also now Facebook tracking beacons? Is this why Facebook bought them? https://t.co/ElCOoNJj8s
— ? (@can) May 15, 2020
@danprimack the lack of gifs in this post is ironic https://t.co/ITNamiSEE2 pic.twitter.com/j45J71RVO5
— ???☕️ (@hunterwalk) May 15, 2020
Gif directories are of no intrinsic monetary value except by providing additional value to other services; withdrawing that value from those other services; or using the download process to track you across the web. Have fun watching that integration.
— Aram Zucker-Scharff (@Chronotope) May 15, 2020
Facebook this week pledged to pay thousands of its moderators who suffered PTSD a total of $52M.
— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) May 15, 2020
To give you a sense of how insignificant that amount of money is to FB, today it’s paying $400M for Giphyhttps://t.co/lNcJd3PcPJ
We’re so excited to share some news – GIPHY has been acquired by @Facebook and is joining the @Instagram team! ?
— GIPHY (@GIPHY) May 15, 2020
Read more here: https://t.co/U6AYQ16cEQ pic.twitter.com/ATjEY1VK3K
Facebook is in your keyboard now lol https://t.co/w3PqTTngiQ
— Matthew Lynley (@mattlynley) May 15, 2020
Giphy was valued at $600M in 2016, and there were reports it was close to a big funding round in 2018 that I don't think materialized. Its rival Tenor was gobbled up by Google that year.
— Alex Konrad (@alexrkonrad) May 15, 2020
Any gif startups left that Twitter can buy next? https://t.co/z4w7LMdxU3
They wanted to raise as much as $100m in early 2018 https://t.co/0z8FUFsyS6 https://t.co/w3PqTTngiQ
— Matthew Lynley (@mattlynley) May 15, 2020
Try as you might (deleting their accounts), but the fact is you can't really escape Facebook, as this is yet another example of that. More of a reason to break the corporation up. https://t.co/wYwU9xxbmx
— Joe Ortiz (@LeoJTravis10) May 15, 2020
Congratulations to @instagram for acquiring @giphy! Two cornerstones of pop culture coming together. https://t.co/WpNGSjuMMV pic.twitter.com/nWdzzilANh
— Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed (@jeremysliew) May 15, 2020
$400m sounds crazy for an app that makes gifs?
— Tuvia Elbaum (@Tuviae) May 15, 2020
They were valued north of $600m...https://t.co/TKzXHhaAlW https://t.co/TpLdkX30Sh
Giphy CEO Alex Chung: ‘We’re gonna make a ton of money’ - October 21, 2015 @mollywood https://t.co/QSjy79JeWe
— Jason #StayHome Kint (@jason_kint) May 15, 2020
The evil empire grows! https://t.co/IbFQERoKKV
— GSS (@GymShortsStuds) May 15, 2020
Facebook stretegy seems to be chasing users who have run away by buying services that are built into other apps they use. Bleddy fellows. Won't leave anyone alone on this planet https://t.co/unx65CPF6h
— Bullet pandi (@cycle_soosai) May 15, 2020
Welcome to the family, @GIPHY! https://t.co/RgWErmc5Ym pic.twitter.com/8EQH5rxWKG
— Facebook (@Facebook) May 15, 2020
Oh great, another service that will now track us. Thanks a lot, Facebook users. https://t.co/NQJS3g7Qea
— ???????? (@WyldKard) May 15, 2020
Introducing:
— Brad Sams (@bdsams) May 15, 2020
Giphy by Facebook
Giphy for Work
Giphy for Gram https://t.co/ha8EPRlg8T
Facebook should really just change its name to Instagram. It’s better. https://t.co/qdlFcXqDXZ
— brianne kimmel (@briannekimmel) May 15, 2020
Facebook bought Giphy. Giphy is going to move and work out of the IG offices in NYC. https://t.co/HdWCh6V4LU
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) May 15, 2020
Giphy from Instagram from ＦＡＣＥＢＯＯＫ
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) May 15, 2020
https://t.co/lgGmgWY9DP
If Zuck ruins @GIPHY, I swear to GOD I will riot in the streets. https://t.co/ISfaivxqmi
— ella dawson (@brosandprose) May 15, 2020
Quick story up: Facebook is buying Giphy for around $300 million, sources tell me and @KateClarkTweets. That's about a 50% haircut from its last known valuation 4 years ago. https://t.co/V8iI5GwQud
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) May 15, 2020
My take: Facebook buying Giphy is less about engagement and more about data. Think about it: Even if FB can’t see the private messages you’re sending, if they can see the GIFs you’re searching for, they get a clue about how you’re thinking & feeling. https://t.co/4wxaS9gqQX
— Jon Fortt (@jonfortt) May 15, 2020
The deal was valued around $300M with a little more for employee retention, a roughly 50% drop from Giphy’s last known valuation of $600 million in 2016. @alexeheath and @KateClarkTweets with the scoop! https://t.co/mWwCHiFaAn
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) May 15, 2020
The difference between giphy and napster is that metallica have lawyers
— Steph Davidson (@stephcd) May 15, 2020
Facebook is buying Giphy for $400 million https://t.co/BJ6eThGtgT pic.twitter.com/AX1mSDM3wh
— The Verge (@verge) May 15, 2020
My memes shall NOT be infringed!https://t.co/cpcjqOlAxL
— HYVE (@HYVEE7) May 15, 2020
Pretty big news! https://t.co/qkMN6grU8q
— X Æ A-12 Nyari (@Cnyari) May 15, 2020
Facebook acquires Giphy for $400M. https://t.co/XtHjorysQX
— Q Research Notables (@QAnonNotables) May 15, 2020
Facebook trying to buy GIPHY. This must be blocked. FB already has too much power, and various competitors and other sites rely on GIPHY API access. FB, and Zuck personally, have record of cutting off API access to competitors. It's how he killed Vine. https://t.co/ICNvSoROEm
— David Segal (@DavidSegalRI) May 15, 2020
We’re so excited to share some news – GIPHY has been acquired by @Facebook and is joining the @Instagram team! ?
— GIPHY (@GIPHY) May 15, 2020
Read more here: https://t.co/U6AYQ16cEQ pic.twitter.com/ATjEY1VK3K
Wow huge huge congrats to @GIPHY! https://t.co/1W0J6Ce4Z7
— Brian Donohue (@bthdonohue) May 15, 2020
This is why we can’t have nice things.
— blair (@blairmacintyre) May 15, 2020
“Facebook acquires…"https://t.co/bpey33UleL
My first thought: there is now a Facebook product built into Signal https://t.co/JFoAX4mpSj
— William Turton (@WilliamTurton) May 15, 2020
Scoop: Facebook to buy Giphy for $400 million https://t.co/NnUgDYQU5Z
— Ben Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) May 15, 2020
Scoop: Facebook buying Giphy for $400 million https://t.co/5zg1oGlO6G
— Dan Primack (@danprimack) May 15, 2020
Here is another strategic maneuver by DARPA-created #LifeLog, otherwise known as $FB, to take control of image technology on their platform to try gain ground in the information war. Too late, fools. Patriots are simply too many and too powerful.https://t.co/cEJ3p9ZZsN
— Define Projection (@SheepKnowMore) May 15, 2020
A job well done by Alex Chung and team, who grew @GIPHY to the #2 search engine globally. We are proud to have been with this company since its early days. Congratulations to the entire team! https://t.co/9gk7At8hTY
— RRE Ventures (@RRE) May 15, 2020
Since 2013, @GIPHY has focused on building a product that helps us express ourselves online. Today we wish Alex and the team congratulations on teaming up with Facebook. https://t.co/tuIu67pAcK
— Lerer Hippeau (@LererHippeau) May 15, 2020
え、giphyって売れるもんなのか…スゲェ reading... Facebook to buy Giphy for $400 million - Axios https://t.co/ODiuLZWsTA
— 深津 貴之 / THE GUILD / note (@fladdict) May 15, 2020
.@LererHippeau was the first investor into @Giphy after @Borthwick and @betaworks incubated it in NYC. We're glad to see @Giphy enter its next chapter with @Facebook and continue growing a product that helps people express themselves online. https://t.co/HMEohGdwkL
— Eric Hippeau (@erichippeau) May 15, 2020
Facebook to buy Giphy for $400 million https://t.co/HMIlZoFvjC
— Pui-Wing Tam (@puiwingtam) May 15, 2020
GIPHY is a New York company through and through. Incubated by @Borthwick and @betaworks, @LererHippeau wrote check number #1. Excited to see a company we all know, use, and love enter its next chapter with Facebook.
— Natalie Sportelli (@N_Sportelli) May 15, 2020
Story here: https://t.co/TporkS1QWj
Had to include a GIF. :) pic.twitter.com/fwr2UkHtKb
our dining room table/home office has hit peak tech news today:@alexrkonrad with Clubhouse: https://t.co/q12jtxrfrc
— Natalie Sportelli (@N_Sportelli) May 15, 2020
LH with @GIPHY: https://t.co/TporkRKfxJ
happy friday friends
Facebook to buy Giphy for $400 million
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) May 15, 2020
Giphy is integrated in the popular encrypted communications app Signal.
Will Facebook now have access to Signal communications after the acquisition? Remember how they handled WhatsApp.https://t.co/jgd8G0PlRf
Scoop: Facebook to buy @Giphy for $400 million https://t.co/BjVaOSx7r1 @LererHippeau
— Eric Hippeau (@erichippeau) May 15, 2020
More on the sale of our portfolio company @Giphy to @Facebook https://t.co/0R0fsunkQI via @techcrunch @LererHippeau
— Eric Hippeau (@erichippeau) May 15, 2020
WOAH! Facebook to acquire @Giphy in a deal reportedly worth $400 million! https://t.co/nIN8QIAZao
— Matt Navarra | ? #StayAtHome (@MattNavarra) May 15, 2020
Breaking news! https://t.co/UbgE3D3j6f
— Socialbakers (@socialbakers) May 15, 2020
Facebook to buy GIPHY. Watch soon to see if they merge with Panera. https://t.co/7WmcI35eBe
— Tom Merritt (@acedtect) May 15, 2020
Facebook bought Giphy. Giphy is going to move and work out of the IG offices in NYC. https://t.co/HdWCh6V4LU
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) May 15, 2020
Via CNBC | @Facebook buys GIF company @GIPHY, plans to integrate it with @instagram
— CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18Live) May 15, 2020
Read more: https://t.co/Gm4G3Q5a6T pic.twitter.com/WSIdlb19mN
Facebook to buy Giphy for about as much as Jeff Besoz paid for the Washington Post plus what Marc Benioff paid for Time. ($400m vs $250m + $190m) https://t.co/FUcYdN5a3s
— Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (@rasmus_kleis) May 15, 2020
SCOOP: Facebook to buy Giphy for $400 million https://t.co/ILLI7DlUvO
— Axios (@axios) May 15, 2020
— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) May 15, 2020
Big news for gifs. Facebook buying Giphy. https://t.co/ACFkNQfV38
— Sean Kennedy ? (@SeanDKennedy) May 15, 2020
what are the artists getting https://t.co/llFAhCBKG6
— Steph Davidson (@stephcd) May 15, 2020
Time to start blocking giphy. Please remove it from your Slack integrations immediately. https://t.co/9JHJTse2pe
— Larry Garfield (@Crell) May 15, 2020
the real headline is
— ceo of blooms ? (@yungcontent) May 15, 2020
- fb can now mine data across a gang of 1-on-1 messaging platforms AND twitter & tiktok. so dark social & competitor data.
- fb continues to either buy or clone any platform that has growing eyes on it https://t.co/IJJWFjHUUS
Facebook is buying Giphy for $400 million ?
— ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (@GillyBerlin) May 15, 2020
https://t.co/b92E9Lkvvf
No. No more big companies eating little companies.
— Fluffy Pharmacist ? (@PharmaBlue) May 15, 2020
Facebook is buying Giphy and integrating it with Instagram https://t.co/1oLz4Eh2Mf
Oh no. ☹️ https://t.co/CsSmciaxVq
— Tobias Kremkau (@Isarmatrose) May 15, 2020
Facebook is buying Giphy and integrating it with Instagram https://t.co/rUIhnzRwU5 via @Verge
— DigitalMktr (@DigitalMktr) May 15, 2020
Facebook just bought GIPHY for $400 million https://t.co/MfwtoNtfZW
— Ross Simmonds (@TheCoolestCool) May 15, 2020
Facebook acquires Giphy. To be integrated with Instagram.https://t.co/cIyQBGdhbo
— Jaskirat Singh Bawa (@JaskiratSB) May 15, 2020
For folks who are wondering: https://t.co/h4BKbAOx6Z
— Paul Hudson (@twostraws) May 15, 2020
Huge congrats to the @GIPHY team on their acquisition by Facebook! The @imoji team was a small part of the journey, and I couldn’t be more excited for the outcome. https://t.co/0ORt7UWiCp
— Daniel Brusilovsky (@danielbru) May 16, 2020
Same price, give or take, as Google buying Deepmind. What a world. https://t.co/cykrwyVWhc
— Mark Bergen (@mhbergen) May 15, 2020
I'm often critical of dumb startup ideas but you know what, all credit to Giphy for believing that you could make a $400m business of just sharing GIFs. I never believed it but they were right. https://t.co/PvujcJQx1V
— Laurie Voss (@seldo) May 15, 2020
マジ？しかも400億ちょいとは破格。https://t.co/Kvz6mCvv0Y
— けんすう@マンガサービスのアル (@kensuu) May 15, 2020
Great...
— Gregg Housh (@GreggHoush) May 15, 2020
Think of Giphy as a giant shareable tracking tool. This complements the coverage of the Facebook Pixel well. Used in privacy-conscious areas that might not have FB Pixel coverage such as private communications and security/privacy-minded apps https://t.co/YOL0HuBKVT
This is just the beginning. Down markets are when you buy. Companies are no exception #markets https://t.co/ywzjHDEHRd
— Lydia Idem ✨ (@faithmight) May 15, 2020
The actual crazy part is that they sold for half their 2016 valuation. Who'd have thought a surveillance GIF service is worth that much to begin with. https://t.co/qETDi4i10D
— Mario Zechner (@badlogicgames) May 15, 2020
Facebook to buy Giphy. https://t.co/c1F3uKMVI4
— Privacy Matters (@PrivacyMatters) May 15, 2020
Worth considering the Giphy privacy policy https://t.co/e7GFGsd5u6 and SDK Licence Agreement https://t.co/VN04PXCcZU
Giphy is expected to retain its own branding, with its primary integration to come via Instagram.
— Axios (@axios) May 16, 2020
Its most recent private valuation was around $600 million. https://t.co/ILLI7DlUvO
I would like to believe that Swear Trek added at least $30 to this dealhttps://t.co/k03F8mU0Sx
— Swear Trek (@swear_trek) May 15, 2020
Twitter should have bought them. Their natural home is on this platform https://t.co/mIp4gDXz51
— Dan Saffer (@odannyboy) May 15, 2020
페이스북, 애니메이션 GIF 서비스 Giphy 인수, 인수 금액은 4억 달러 (4,922억)
— lunamoth (@lunamoth) May 15, 2020
Facebook to buy Giphy for $400 million - Axios https://t.co/DAGend3BoO
Digital platforms do not seem very worried about antitrust enforcement: https://t.co/KoqoqY42xQ
— Fiona Scott Morton (@ProfFionasm) May 15, 2020
https://t.co/8Yz6u6GJu1@intheMatrixxx @shadygrooove @IPOT1776 @prayingmedic
— Kekistani Autist / #PastorShadilay (@j3h0vahn1ss1) May 15, 2020
This is an attempt to get an edge in memewar. We use gifs to excellent effect against the NPC hordes. It won't work thought, just save and upload! BQQM! #Qanon #WWG1WGA #memewar2020 #KeyboardWarriors
"#Facebook will acquire #Giphy, the web-based animated gif search engine and platform provider, Facebook confirmed, in a deal worth around $400 million" https://t.co/6N9F7DSTja
— Amber Mac (@ambermac) May 15, 2020
FacebookがGIF動画プラットフォームのGiphyを$400M規模で買収。
— 平田 智基 (@t_10_a) May 15, 2020
すでに同社のトラクションの50%はFBの4サービス（FB/IG/WA/MG）由来だった模様。
また、SNSの利用増加に伴って、3月対4月で利用者が33%増えているとのこと。https://t.co/MiSn24LRmB
Facebook is buying Giphy for $400 million & integrating it with Instagram! #tech
— ᖇᓰᖶᗩ (@ritakml) May 15, 2020
https://t.co/BRu8RGANBt
Facebook, Giphy 인수. 소식통에 따르면 인수 금액은 4억달러 수준. 트위터를 포함해 해외에서는 많이 이용하는 사이트인데 일단 현재로서는 API 정책 변화는 없다는 입장. 여기도 창업자들이 지금까지 운영하는 플랫폼으로 아는데 저커버그와 잘 지낼지 궁금하네요. https://t.co/vlyHqjdkvH
— 나가토 유키 (@nagato708) May 15, 2020
Well there goes Giphy's reputation. https://t.co/Po37bBY7Ul
— Brutum Fulmen ? (@BrutumF) May 15, 2020
Facebook buying GIPHY to intergrate into Instagram. $400 million dollar deal. Wowzers.https://t.co/TAfq5d9ach
— Bobby Carlton ? #AR #VR #XR #socialVR (@bcarlton727) May 15, 2020
Facebook just bought Giphy. Deeper integration with Instagram Stories and messaging are likely from the $400M acquisition. https://t.co/MfhxArkGDi by @krisholt for @engadget pic.twitter.com/RfVfld5ASk
— TopRank Marketing B2B (@toprank) May 15, 2020