Walt Disney Co. is the most likely acquirer of Twitter Inc. , closely followed by Microsoft Inc. , according to James Cakmak of Monness, Crespi, Hardt. Disney is reportedly considering a bid, according to reports Monday. Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive, sits on the Disney board and Cakmak said Disney needs distribution and has the ability to make more content deals. Twitter would complement Microsoft’s personal assistant Cortana, he said, but Microsoft may be limited in funds because of its LinkedIn acquisition. Salesforce.com doesn’t have a direct reason to buy Twitter and Google ranks near the bottom because of antitrust concerns with the company, he said. Shares of Twitter were down less than 1% in premarket trade Tuesday.
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