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Snap Stock Jumps 7% After Trump Official Hints at US Ban of TikTok
Snap shares peak after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the administration is considering banning Chinese-owned social media app
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Snap 2.0: How Fresh Content and Games Have Spurred Snapchat’s Comeback
Snap’s stock price has surged 40% this year, as user engagement and ad sales spike
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What Snapchat Has Learned About Creating Mobile-Only Content
“We know we have to grab a viewer within the first few seconds, or else we’re going to lose them,” Vanessa Guthrie, Snap’s director of original content, told TheWrap
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Snapchat Unveils 10 New Shows, Including a Kevin Hart Motivational Series
Series from “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke and “Black-ish” star Anthony Anderson are also announced at Snap’s second annual Partner Summit
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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel Calls for Reparations Commission, Higher Taxes to Combat Racial Injustice
Spiegel spoke to Snap staff Monday on recent police killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery
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Hollywood and Tech World’s Highest Paid Executives: Who Made Bank, Who Sank in 2019
TheWrap’s annual executive compensation round up finds that Apple CEO Tim Cook led the pack
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Snap to Raise $750 Million, ‘May’ Use Some of the Money for Acquisitions
Snapchat parent otherwise earmarks funds from debt sale for “general corporate purposes,” like working capital
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Snap’s Stock Rockets 36% Higher as Snapchat’s Parent Company Has Best Day in Years
Wednesday’s gains instantly wiped out what had been a rough year for Snapchat so far
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Snap’s Stock Price Jumps 20% on Big Q1 User Growth
Snapchat added 11 million new users during the first quarter and easily trumped Wall Street’s revenue projections
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Hulu Ad Sales Chief Peter Naylor Departs Streamer for Snap
Naylor will lead ad sales for the U.S. and Americas for the social media company
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VidCon Cancellation Means More Than $60 Million Loss for Anaheim and Content Creators
“The cancellation is a big hit for the talent,” Kevin Herrera, CEO of management firm TheMachine, says
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VidCon 2020 Canceled Due to Coronavirus Concerns
The Viacom event brings together digital video creators and thousands of fans each year in Anaheim
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Snap Cancels Partner Summit Over Coronavirus Fears
This year’s keynote will be streamed online, but the April 2 event has been shelved
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Snap’s Stock Price Sinks 13% After Falling Short of Q4 Revenue Estimates
Snapchat adds 8 million new daily users during the fourth quarter, but it’s not enough to satiate Wall Street
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OWN’s Jill Dickerson Heads to Snap to Lead Its Unscripted Efforts
Longtime programming exec heads to Snapchat as it looks to beef up its content slate