Dwi Susetyo Prihadi - Okezone
SHANGHAI - The news that mentioned that Friendster will be sold closer to reality, the end of this month one of the largest social networking site that will shift ownership to the buyer from Asia.
One source who would not reveal if the buyer mentioned Asian origin will be offered at a price Friendster reach 100 million. And these negotiations will be completed by the end of December.Friendster CEO Richard Kimber told
Reuters, which quoted okezone Friday (4/12/2009), if the current negotiations be submitted to Morgan Stanley.
"We've asked a few points in these negotiations," said Kimber.
Earlier, about six years ago, Friendster, based in California, United States, Google has expressed interest in buying these networking sites, with the price of $ 30 million. However, because no agreement had met Friendster rejected Google's proposal. Moreover, issues of copyright issues that hit Facebook and Friendster makes Google also inhibit these negotiations.
Founded in 2002, Friendster has had a member to reach 100 million. Most of their members come from Asia, especially Indonesia. However, since the presence of two years and then Facebook, Friendster increasingly abandoned its fans. In fact, the number of their members became bolder shrinking. (tyo)
