By Christopher Zara July 22, 2022 The wild growth that Snapchat and other social media companies enjoyed during the lockdown phase of the COVID pandemic is looking farther and farther in the rearview mirror. Shares of Snap Inc. are tumbling in premarket trading on Friday after the company reported disappointing financial … Continue reading Snap stock price tanks in a warning sign for social media investors: Here’s what happening
Snap is finally profitable Snapchat has more users than ever. K. Bell @karissabe February 3rd, 2022 Snap Partner Summit 2021 – Snap Inc via Getty Images Nearly five years after going public, Snap is finally profitable. The company shared the milestone in its fourth-quarter earnings release, where it reported $23 million in positive net income. … Continue reading Snapchat tests mid-roll ads in Stories from Snap Stars
By Michael Grothaus February 04, 2022 After Facebook reported dismal Q4 financials earlier this week, many on the street didn’t have high hopes for Snap. That’s because Snapchat, like Facebook, relies on ad revenue to fund its coffers. Facebook saw a massive impact on its ad revenue, in part due to Apple’s iOS … Continue reading Unlike Facebook, Snap stock is surging. Here’s what’s happening
By Clint Rainey January 24, 2022 Shares of Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, tumbled to a new low Monday after the company was downgraded by another group of investment analysts—Wedbush’s this time. They cut shares from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating, fixing a $36 target price on stocks and writing that “we … Continue reading Snap stock gets downgraded again: Blame Apple and TikTok
The chat app’s earnings fall short of forecasts as advertising performance declines. Chris Wood on October 22, 2021 On Thursday Snap, owner of popular chat app Snapchat, reported lower revenues than expected for 3Q, and pointed to Apple’s iOS privacy updates as a primary cause. The new iOS’s App Tracking Transparency feature restricts the ability … Continue reading Snap ad business takes a hit due to iOS privacy updates
Ana Gotter — November 9, 2018 Follow @ana_gotter — November 9, 2018 Did you know that two years ago, Snapchat followed the path of Netflix and Hulu and the one Facebook is now on and created their first original show? If you missed it, you aren’t alone. Snapchat doesn’t have quite as many users as … Continue reading Your First Look at Snapchat’s Snap Originals & What It Means for You
With the launch of its new app developer platform, Snapchat outlines data security measures aimed at putting users first. Amy Gesenhues on June 14, 2018 Snapchat is launching a new developer platform called Snap Kit for app integrations. The platform includes four integration options — Creative Kit, Login Kit, Bitmoji Kit and Story Kit … Continue reading Snapchat’s new Snap Kit app developer platform designed to safeguard user privacy
Snapchat’s program aims to win over mobile startups looking to acquire new users, the same type of advertiser that helped newly public Facebook overcome its ad problems. Tim Peterson on October 4, 2017 A newly public company with mounting concerns over the viability of its advertising business, Snapchat in 2017 resembles Facebook in 2012. … Continue reading With Snap Accelerate, Snapchat pursues mobile startups that built Facebook’s ad biz
Jonathan Furman — September 4, 2017 Follow @JonathanCFurman — September 4, 2017 MIH83 / Pixabay If you failed to follow the latest news concerning social media apps, here’s something you might have missed: Snapchat released a new feature called the “Snap Map”. What this interesting little feature does is that it allows you to locate … Continue reading How Snapchat’s Snap Map Can Boost Your Social Media Marketing
ZOG Digital — April 21, 2017 Follow @zogdigital— April 21, 2017 Publishers face an interesting road ahead as Snapchat Discover enters the We Make Original Content, Too! Hunger Games. There’ve been vocal skeptics, but the platform is pushing forward. Discover launched in January 2015, and has since been a home for daily magazine editions from … Continue reading Snap Out of It: Social Media is Coming for Your TV (DD)
