WSJ reports Twitter to launch 'fee-based services later this year'

We're all fans of Twitter here at Download Squad, and given the three-year old startup that has yet to announce its business plans any news on how it intends to reap the benefits of its wild-fire popularity always picque our interest. On the same day the UK government announced that they intend to teach children to tweet, the Wall Street Journal has today published a brief snippet from Twitter's Biz Stone:

"Mr. Stone says Twitter recently hired a product manager to oversee the development of commercial accounts. The accounts would offer users more features in exchange for a fee, but Mr. Stone says Twitter hasn't set a launch date for them."

Clearly we'll be waiting a little longer to discover exactly what Twitter plans to charge for (though we're guessing that there'll also be some kind of business metrics that Twitter will charge companies for) - however we'll bring you all the latest news when it drops.

[via Guy Kawasaki on Twitter, no less - also, don't confuse it with this recent 'Premium Account' hoax]

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