Oct 20 (Reuters) - $PayPal (PYPL.US)$ was looking to buy $Pinterest(PINS.US)$ in a deal that could value the digital pinboard site at about $39 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
The companies have discussed a potential price of $70 per Pinterest share, according to the report.
PayPal and Pinterest did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
Pinterest's stock was trading about 10.44% higher at $61.38 per share at the time of publication.
(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)
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