G4 Acquires TWiT

Apr 1, 2007 at 1:40 PM
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OK I guess I was too subtle ;-). This is an April Fools joke folks! I haven't sold TWiT to anyone, least of all G4!!

I have some very exciting news. G4 Entertainment Inc has agreed to acquire TWiT in an exchange for stock and $1 cash.

We've been in extensive conversations for the past few months, but I've been reluctant to say anything until today. Here's an excerpt from the G4 press release which crossed the wires a few hours ago:

G4 CEO , Loof Slirpa, said about the merger, "The synergy between G4's smokin' babes and classic TV series, and the TWiTs high end tech knowledge will allow us to reach a vast audience of teenage boys and disaffected computer programmers."

Entrepreneur and media commentator Mike Arrington of Techcrunch.com said, "The dynamic synergy between the old web and the new makes this a win-win for everyone but the audience. I wish I had thought of it first."

Chief TWiT, Leo Laporte said, "I'm moving to Canada."

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April Fools?

Of course it's an April Fools. Although Leo said that he doesn't do April Fools. He does November Fools.

Can't wait to see how many fall for this. :)

April ... fools.

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Does this mean I'm fired? Damn it.

Maybe G4 will hire me

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It's not not an April Fools ;)

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keeping up with all of the april fools jokes in the webtwooh community is an entire days work!

this has to be the best one so far...

you barely beat out ijustine's "i'm buying a PC" joke.

Congrats, Leo. Outstanding synergy for you and the smokin' babes.

oh ha, ha!

APRIL FOOLS!!!

Heh, When I saw you updated I knew you would do something like this.

APRIL FOOLS!

Made me look twice. I am an April Fool!

ZayneHumphrey replied to GoTechGeeks’ comment:
Apr 1, 2007
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Sorry I forgot I was still logged into that account.

Still it is funny..and scary at the same time.

HuH???

Where have I heard this before? ;)

Nice one Leo! :)

April Fools!

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Ok, ok, ok Leo.... i totally fell for it. Crap, you got me.

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YOU SELLOUT

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I'm so glad I don't have to drive off the bridge. Excellent Gotcha!!
peace, drive safe...keep em coming

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*bows*

We are not worthy

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Ah hahahahahaha! That was amazing.

Great to hear that you're onboard Leo! Last year the same thing happened at Hak5, and aside from renaming us to "A Hack of a Show" it's been fantastic.

Next on TWiT, the 40 foot jib shot that never ends!

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Nice!

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Yah Leo is moving to Canada, please to have him.

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As G4's VP of programming, Buffy Fender said once: Gag me with a spoon!

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Funny but it doesn't beat Google's TiSP announcement.

You got me good, Leo! BTW, is the rumor true that George Soros is going to buy out Premiere Radio Networks and fire that witch Dr. Laura once and for all?

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LOL!

It is 7am April 2 Leo.. what are you doing...
ok ok.. time difference..

nice one...

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awesome. lol

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Finally, some good news today. After ijustine moving to PC, this is just the pick me up I needed! LOL.

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TWiT Sponsered By "Girls Gone Wild: Petaluma"

as long as you and olivia munn can do a show together, it's totally worth that $1 cash and stock

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"I'm moving to Canada" - because for something as big as this, going to Disneyland just isn't going to cut it. =)

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Arrrgh! April Fools! :) Nice...

(At least I got this one right away... Gmail Paper took me at least an hour before I figured out WTF was going on.)

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hilarious! had me briefly on the hook but figured it out by the end.

Wow so he posted this at 1:40 does that mean that the joke is on Leo as per tradition?

This is cruel Leo! Do you know how many loyal TechTV fans would rise up from the ashes if this were only true! I thought for a moment, our prayers were finally answered. I will still vote Leo for president!

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Well i don't understand the pessimism, I am very excited about this merger and in celebration I went out and traded my macbook pro for a sweet e-machine with vista basic on it, emailed all my friends, waited for their response and ordered hard copies of all their responses from google paper. This is the best April 1 ever...

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Heh, I would have fallen for it better if it was the other way around - TWiT Buys G4 and vows to fill the grid with quality tech stuff.

Gosh knows it would make more than what's there now . .

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Nice one. I bought it for about a second.

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Niiiiiice. =-P

My brain actually thought TechTV when I saw the TWiT logo (um...yeah....glasses were dirty) so my first thought was, "Wait....this is old news!"

Leo obviously made that November Fools comment on Twitter to lull us into a false sense of security! Haha! ^_~

Thats not funny.

Althought smoken hot babes would be nice.

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Ok, at 3:30 Leo says "April fools jokes on April 1 is too obvious" then this an hour later? ... you're killing me :)

Noone deserves to make a buck more than you Leo so good on ya !!!
Just hope they leave you to run Twit without "management" interference....been involved in some of these M&As and sometimes the purchaser cannot leave a good thing alone....
Good luck from Aussie Mike !!

Almost had me. Great April Fools Joke.

DBKGUY

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Ha! Ha! Great one Leo! Is G4 looking to hire?!?

VERY FUNNY......I guess kevin and revision3 is gonna join the merger as well....and g4 will prb aquire Lockergnome as well LOL

for a moment, you had me.

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You had me until the smokin' babes comment.

April fools ends at noon, you oisted at 1:40-ish? Tut-tut.

Of course that was supposed to read 'posted' and not 'oisted'.

And I thought you said you didn't like April Fool's jokes...

bah, no fair... i guess i'd used up all my skepticism by around noon today

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So when is G4 going to shut down the Leoville Labs and move everything to LA?

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Ah, geez Leo, you got me. Nice one!

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Oh Mr. Laporte you have outdone yourself again. I think even Mr. DeBartolo would be proud. The only thing missing is the opening statement,"Live from Petaluma, California Breaking News...". Wish you the best. Can hardly wait the next 8544 hours for more TWiT accomplishments.