Twitter reportedly mulls SoundCloud bid as it seeks music biz comeback

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Twitter is reportedly considering a blockbuster bid for popular audio sharing service SoundCloud, according to reports on Monday.

Recode sources "familiar with both companies" have claimed the social network is mulling a huge acquisition offer that would place the so-called 'YouTube of audio' under Twitter's control.

The report points out SoundCloud is valued at around $300m (£178m, AU$321m) and, like Twitter, has around 250m active users.

Any buyout would be the microblog's largest acquisition by a considerable margin.

Fuelling growth

The main reason for the buyout would likely be to fuel Twitter's growth, which has started to slow somewhat in recent times.

The company had hoped to broaden its appeal with its ill-fated Twitter Music venture, which was finally put out of its misery last month.

However, a SoundCloud buy would represent a much different proposition. It is as established as Twitter in its field but retains huge potential for growth should it pursue distribution deals with the major record labels.

SoundCloud users are also well acquainted with Twitter. They share files on Twitter more often than even Spotify users. is this a tech match made in heaven? Let us know our thoughts below.