Blogging platform Posterous has announced via its company blog that it will be shutting down as of April 30th. The company was acquired by Twitter just under a year ago.
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TheNextWeb: "If you haven't moved away from Posterous yet, you probably should. As pointed out on Hacker News, Posterous' SSL certificated expired recently: If that's not a sign that Twitter is looking to kill the service, I don’t know what is. [...]
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Looking to move your content from Posterous to WordPress.com? This page is for you. Happily, you'll be able bring your Posterous Space over in just a few quick steps! Export from Posterous First, y... Via Andy Bull, Heiko Idensen 
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Posterous has been a great platform, not least because of the ease with which it could be used as a universal publishing channel, with posts to it being pushed on to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and a wide ragne of other platforms. Its puchase by Twitter has led to an imminent shut-down. If you have blogs on it, this guide tells you how to export all your material to Wordpress. Delete the scoop?
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Twitter acquired the Posterous social networking service, but what will happen to Posterous Spaces next remains unclear. Delete the scoop?
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The content curation market is consolidating fast and as often on the Web "the winner takes all". Posterous was acquired by Twitter last year.