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Report: Facebook Signs BuzzFeed and Vox for Upcoming Video Service

24 May 2017 • By Reuters

24 May 2017 • By Reuters

The move to acquire original content is the latest effort from Facebook to attract more advertising dollars, putting it in competition with other content channels like Snapchat's Discover feature.

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Facebook Adds Snapchat-Like Camera Filters to Instagram

16 May 2017 • By Reuters

16 May 2017 • By Reuters

Facebook has been amping up its camera tool to take on Snapchat's features such as disappearing messages and face-tracking filters, which are hugely popular among its teenage and millennial users.

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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel Dismisses Growth Shortfall

11 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

11 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

After reporting revenue and user growth that missed estimates, Snap Inc CEO Evan Spiegel spoke as if the quarter was a success deflecting questions and concerns by explaining that people may just not understand the value of his platform yet.

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Snap Shares Tumble After New Users and Sales Growth Slow

10 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

10 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

The company's social media app added fewer users than projected in the first quarter, a sign that it may have trouble expanding its audience as social-media giant Facebook copies its most popular features.

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Snap's First Earnings To Shed Light on Battle With Facebook, Twitter

10 May 2017 • By Reuters

10 May 2017 • By Reuters

Investors in the social media app are eager to avoid one in particular when the company reports its earnings for the first time since its initial public offering: a plunging stock price.

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This Week in Fashion

Why Are Goop and Airbnb Teaming Up with Condé Nast and Hearst?

5 May 2017 • By BoF Team

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News Bites | Instagram Expands 'Tap to View' Shopping Tags, Bee Shaffer and Francesco Carrozzini are Engaged

21 March 2017 • By BoF Team

21 March 2017 • By BoF Team

In today's News Bites, Instagram opens its shopping tags function to thousands of US retailers, Agnona's London pop-up and Bee Shaffer's engagement.

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Adidas Looks to Social Media Stars to Double Women's Market Share

14 March 2017 • By Bloomberg

14 March 2017 • By Bloomberg

The increased female focus is part of Adidas’s strategy to boost profit by as much as 22 percent each year through 2020 and close a profitability gap with rival Nike.

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Millennial Love for Snapchat Extends to the Stock

12 March 2017 • By Reuters

12 March 2017 • By Reuters

Novice investors said their deep affinity with the disappearing-message app prompted them to jump in.

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Bits & Bytes | Snap's Shares Slide, YNAP to Sell on WhatsApp

7 March 2017 • By Helena Pike

7 March 2017 • By Helena Pike

This week, Snap Inc.'s share prices have dropped to $22, below its initial trading price, and Yoox Net-a-Porter is developing technology to sell products directly through WhatsApp.

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News & Analysis

Report: Facebook Signs BuzzFeed and Vox for Upcoming Video Service

The move to acquire original content is the latest effort from Facebook to attract more advertising dollars, putting it in competition with other content channels like Snapchat's Discover feature.

News & Analysis

Facebook Adds Snapchat-Like Camera Filters to Instagram

Facebook has been amping up its camera tool to take on Snapchat's features such as disappearing messages and face-tracking filters, which are hugely popular among its teenage and millennial users.

News & Analysis

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel Dismisses Growth Shortfall

After reporting revenue and user growth that missed estimates, Snap Inc CEO Evan Spiegel spoke as if the quarter was a success deflecting questions and concerns by explaining that people may just not understand the value of his platform yet.

News & Analysis

Snap Shares Tumble After New Users and Sales Growth Slow

The company's social media app added fewer users than projected in the first quarter, a sign that it may have trouble expanding its audience as social-media giant Facebook copies its most popular features.

News & Analysis

Snap's First Earnings To Shed Light on Battle With Facebook, Twitter

Investors in the social media app are eager to avoid one in particular when the company reports its earnings for the first time since its initial public offering: a plunging stock price.

This Week in Fashion

Why Are Goop and Airbnb Teaming Up with Condé Nast and Hearst?

In the last week, two very different digital brands have announced partnerships with traditional media giants that will land them on newsstands with printed magazines. Why?

News Bites | Instagram Expands 'Tap to View' Shopping Tags, Bee Shaffer and Francesco Carrozzini are Engaged

In today's News Bites, Instagram opens its shopping tags function to thousands of US retailers, Agnona's London pop-up and Bee Shaffer's engagement.

News & Analysis

Adidas Looks to Social Media Stars to Double Women's Market Share

The increased female focus is part of Adidas’s strategy to boost profit by as much as 22 percent each year through 2020 and close a profitability gap with rival Nike.

News & Analysis

Millennial Love for Snapchat Extends to the Stock

Novice investors said their deep affinity with the disappearing-message app prompted them to jump in.

Bits & Bytes | Snap's Shares Slide, YNAP to Sell on WhatsApp

This week, Snap Inc.'s share prices have dropped to $22, below its initial trading price, and Yoox Net-a-Porter is developing technology to sell products directly through WhatsApp.