<story><title>Instapaper is going independent</title><url>http://blog.instapaper.com/post/175953870856</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dfabulich</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Why&lt;/i&gt; is this better for Pinterest and&amp;#x2F;or Instapaper?&lt;p&gt;In the 2016 blog post announcing the acquisition:
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.instapaper.com&amp;#x2F;post&amp;#x2F;149374303661&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.instapaper.com&amp;#x2F;post&amp;#x2F;149374303661&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; All of these features and developments revolved around the core mission of Instapaper, which is allowing our users to discover, save, and experience interesting web content. In that respect, there is a lot of overlap between Pinterest and Instapaper. Joining Pinterest provides us with the additional resources and experience necessary to achieve that shared mission on a much larger scale.&lt;p&gt;Is that no longer true? Was it ever true?</text></item><item><author>bthdonohue</author><text>Hi Brad, Brian from Instapaper here. Just want to reassure you that&amp;#x27;s not the case here, we intend to operate Instapaper for the foreseeable future. We made this decision because we believe it’s best for both Pinterest and Instapaper.</text></item><item><author>brad0</author><text>From what I’ve seen this is usually what happens when the parent company wants to close the service down. First they spin off the service into its own company then the company shuts down because of a lack of income.&lt;p&gt;Is that what’s happening here? What’s the name of this process?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ggg9990</author><text>It rarely makes any sense for a large multibillion dollar company to operate a tiny business that has no material impact on its financials. It&amp;#x27;s like Bill Gates owning a taco truck -- even though it might be a perfectly financially viable taco truck, it&amp;#x27;s always going to be just a little random thing he has, and pretty much any involvement he has with the truck&amp;#x27;s operator&amp;#x2F;management will be disruptive.</text></comment>
<story><title>Instapaper is going independent</title><url>http://blog.instapaper.com/post/175953870856</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dfabulich</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Why&lt;/i&gt; is this better for Pinterest and&amp;#x2F;or Instapaper?&lt;p&gt;In the 2016 blog post announcing the acquisition:
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.instapaper.com&amp;#x2F;post&amp;#x2F;149374303661&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.instapaper.com&amp;#x2F;post&amp;#x2F;149374303661&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; All of these features and developments revolved around the core mission of Instapaper, which is allowing our users to discover, save, and experience interesting web content. In that respect, there is a lot of overlap between Pinterest and Instapaper. Joining Pinterest provides us with the additional resources and experience necessary to achieve that shared mission on a much larger scale.&lt;p&gt;Is that no longer true? Was it ever true?</text></item><item><author>bthdonohue</author><text>Hi Brad, Brian from Instapaper here. Just want to reassure you that&amp;#x27;s not the case here, we intend to operate Instapaper for the foreseeable future. We made this decision because we believe it’s best for both Pinterest and Instapaper.</text></item><item><author>brad0</author><text>From what I’ve seen this is usually what happens when the parent company wants to close the service down. First they spin off the service into its own company then the company shuts down because of a lack of income.&lt;p&gt;Is that what’s happening here? What’s the name of this process?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mbesto</author><text>M&amp;amp;A guy here - despite what finance people will say, a majority of acquisitions do not end up realizing their planned strategy.</text></comment>