Unless a company is incredibly good or incredibly lucky, its product will likely never garner more press than it did on the day it launched. So it was when Ben Huh and Matt Galligan unveiled Circa two and a half years ago, and the mobile news app was met with a heap of excitement, particularly among those who believe we need technology to “save” journalism. Now Circa may be entering its twilight as Fortune reports that the company was unable to finalize a Series A term sheet and is instead looking for buyers. (Business Insider reports that Twitter is in “serious acquisition talks” with the company. More on that in a second).
Twitter probably won’t buy Circa — nor should it, if it wants to compete with Facebook for news
