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July 27, 2021 08:05 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/27/22596202/twitter-brief-app-news-summary-acquihire
Twitter hires the team behind news summary app Brief
Twitter will be bringing on the team building Brief, an app that summarizes news, the company announced Tuesday. The Brief team, which consists of four people, will work on projects that support features like Spaces and Explore, a Twitter spokesperson tells The Verge.
Twitter declined to share details on the terms of the deal, but the spokesperson said that Twitter isn’t buying the Brief business; this is more of an acquihire, as it’s only bringing in the team that worked on the app. The Brief app will be wound down on July 31st, and subscribers will see a notification starting Tuesday about the impending change.
The Brief acquihire continues Twitter’s recent trend of acquisitions and talent pickups for news features. The company bought...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/27/22596202/twitter-brief-app-news-summary-acquihire
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