Twitter Buys Posterous: What Happens to Posterous Spaces?

Twitter Acquires Posterous

It's a pretty good match, really: Twitter has acquired Posterous for an undisclosed sum. Posterous Spaces will remain operative, at least for now. Posterous denied takeover rumors until the last possible second, as is typical in the space.

Posterous streamlined blogging for a post-Twitter web, in which users have grown used to ultra-quick publication.

As for Posterous Spaces, they're not on the chopping block just yet.

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Twitter is probably more interested in the Posterous team and their expertise than in the Posterous product, though the product itself is damned good.

Posterous' interoperability and grownup theming make it easy for users to post and share stuff quickly, and to look professional while doing so. Indeed, Posterous has less screen-puke than does Twitter.

Former NowPublican Jason Sanders has a good example of a well-integrated Posterous Space: Epic Opus. Conversely, my own is an example of a neglected Posterous Space: jettrash.

Twitter's announcement on the Posterous acquisition:

In thanking their early adopters and current users, Posterous also posted an announcement about the buyout: