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The Vine app was launched in 2012 as the video sharing social network where users could share six-second, looping videos. Shortly after it was founded, Vine was bought by Twitter and has grown to ...

Twitter is pulling the plug on its six-second video platform Vine. Hours after announcing layoffs of 9% of its staff, aimed at cutting costs and getting the company closer to profitability ...

Twitter has to make a lot of tough decisions—this is surely one of them. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, I just hope all the great folks at Vine are taken care of.

Vine was acquired by Twitter in 2012, just before it launched in 2013 as a video app where users could upload short clips lasting up to 6 seconds. Last year, Twitter announced it would shut down Vine.

Vine may survive after all. Twitter is currently vetting multiple term sheets from companies offering to buy Vine, and hopes to make a deal soon, multiple sources tell TechCrunch.