Snapchat's first UK financials show £26 million in revenue and £1.3 million...
Snap's British arm reported £26 million in revenue and £1.3 million in profit in the 15 months to December 2016, according to its first full-year financial filings in the UK. The company paid £360,000...
View ArticleIt's bitcoin mania: Twice as many people downloaded Coinbase as Instagram...
Lots of first-time cryptocurrency investors are downloading Coinbase, an easy-to-use app for buying and selling bitcoin.According to one estimate, the app notched 700,000 downloads over a single week...
View ArticleSnap becomes more developer friendly (SNAP)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Snap announced a new desktop app dubbed Lens Studio, which lets any...
View ArticleSnap jumps on news its still the app of choice for teenagers (SNAP)
Snap's stock was trading higher after a RBC survey revealed that it was the app of choice among teenagers, a core demographic.To see Snap's real-time stock price, click here. Snap's stock was up on...
View ArticleTHE DIGITAL COMMERCE AND GEN Z REPORT: How retailers and brands can reach and...
This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here.Generation Z, also known as iGen or...
View ArticleCNN is axing its Snapchat daily news show ‘The Update’ after only 4 months
CNN is axing "The Update," its daily news show on Snapchat, at the end of 2017.The media company concluded the show's revenue-sharing model with Snap wasn't generating enough money.CNN and Snap say the...
View ArticleSnapchat is reportedly looking to publish its content outside its app for the...
Snap is reportedly developing a program called Stories Everywhere that will allow third-party publishers to embed Snapchat content on their websites.Stories Everywhere will be used to accelerate...
View ArticleSnapchat pushes 'Stories Everywhere' to lure users (SNAP)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Snapchat is developing a product that will make Snapchat Stories...
View ArticleEvan Spiegel reportedly dropped $4 million on a massive New Year's Eve party...
Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snapchat parent company Snap Inc., reportedly spent over $4 million on the company's New Year's Eve party at L.A. Live, according to TMZ.Spiegel rented out several venues,...
View ArticleEvan Spiegel personally paid Drake to perform at Snap's New Year's party —...
Snap Inc.'s massive New Year's Eve party in downtown Los Angeles cost $4 million, with CEO Evan Spiegel sponsoring a performance by Drake, TMZ reported.There was a strict "no photos" rule for employees...
View ArticleA major alcohol firm pulled all ads from Snapchat because it can't be 100%...
Multi-billion pound drinks giant Diageo has suspended all its ads on Snapchat after the UK's advertising watchdog ruled that the alcohol firm couldn't be 100% sure its ads weren't being seen by...
View ArticleSnapchat may require users to sit through its ads (SNAP)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers hours before appearing on Business Insider. To be the first to know, please click here.Snapchat is considering forcing...
View ArticleSnapchat faces age-targeting concerns (SNAP)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers hours before appearing on Business Insider. To be the first to know, please click here.Diageo, the alcohol giant whose...
View ArticleIt looks like Snap has big plans for the Chinese advertising market (SNAP)
Snap is planning an "ambitious" effort to expand its advertising business in China.As part of that effort, it's hiring an international strategy manager that will be based Beijing or Shenzhen.The...
View ArticleA YouTube star with 11 million subscribers talks about building an audience...
Venezuelan YouTube star Mariale Marrero has 11 million subscribers across three channels, and produces videos in both English and Spanish.She grows her social-media presence across many platforms, but...
View ArticleFox Sports is teaming up with Snap and Twitter to showcase coverage of 2018's...
Fox Sports is teaming up with Twitter and Snap to stream live coverage of stories and match-day highlights from the FIFA World Cup in Russia later this year.Fox Sports will produce the show, which will...
View ArticleSnapchat eyes Chinese and other Asian ad markets (SNAP)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers hours before appearing on Business Insider. To be the first to know, please click here.Snapchat plans on an “ambitious”...
View ArticleI quit social media for a month — and it was the best choice I've ever made
I quit social media for a month. So I quit Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter. I just needed a break. It was time to cut myself off.I stopped using social media this morning, and my brain is...
View ArticleParents should ban kids from using Snapchat, according to England's...
Parents should ban their children from using Snapchat, according to England children's commissioner Anne Longfield.Longfield, who speaks to policymakers on behalf of children and young people, told LBC...
View ArticleSnapchat users prefer messaging over Stories or Discover (SNAP)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers hours before appearing on Business Insider. To be the first to know, please click here.Snapchat is still a platform...
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