Popular ‘link-in-bio’ company now has $45m ash-in-bank
Have you ever seen someone post “link in bio” on Instagram. Turns it’s a huge business opportunity.
Snap’s latest story: An acquisition to power up its ecommerce apparatus
Snapchat sees commerce as the future of its business. It’s taking a major step toward that future by buying Fit Analytics.
What happened to the New York Times’ cooking community Facebook group?
The New York Times’ popular Facebook group is in disarray after the media company stopped moderating it.
Sorry, parents, ‘influencer’ is a real job
New platforms and regulations are pushing the influencer economy to new heights.
David Dobrik’s $200m photo app Dispo, explained
David Dobrik’s new photo app is shaking things up in Silicon Valley.
Snap and Twitter are both on a roll
Snap and Twitter are seeing their fortunes rise with new features and product decisions.
LinkedIn is building a gig marketplace. What you need to know.
LinkedIn is rolling out a gig marketplace to take on Fiverr and Upwork. Whether it can move the needle for Microsoft is up for debate.
Nextdoor is the pandemic’s latest information battleground
Vaccine discussions are taking over the hyperlocal social platform.
Meet Agora, the company powering Clubhouse
Agora is a $10B+ firm that offers “real-time audio and video” APIs. Its stock price has been riding the Clubhouse hype in recent weeks.
A hot Chinese social app is a new entry point for foreign brands
RED is China’s go-to app for reviews. Now, foreign brands are flocking to it.
Meet Litquidity, Instagram’s most popular finance meme account
One of finance’s funniest meme brands is run by an anonymous Wall Street banker.
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is valued at $180B. It’s worth way more.
ByteDance’s revenue in 2020 doubled to $37B. Is an IPO next?
How does Taboola make money?
Taboola -- the ad company known for its chumbox -- will go public via a SPAC at a $2.6B valuation.
Did social app Clubhouse just become a unicorn?
The social audio app could be worth $1B just 8 months after cracking a $100m valuation.
Twitter’s plan to decentralize social media
Twitter’s Bluesky initiative would create a decentralized protocol that allows others to build their own custom social networks.
Snap’s plan to beat TikTok: Pay people millions
Snap’s Spotlight program is paying out $1m a day to creators. Here are some people minting dough.
Airrack’s race to 1m subscribers used all the tools of the new creator economy
YouTuber Airrack -- with the help of creator economy startup Stir -- used a viral stunt to get to 1m subs.
It happened. Twitter shut down @realDonaldTrump for good
Twitter permanently suspended the @realDonaldTrump account. What comes next?
Here are YouTube’s top earners in 2020
Forbes just released its top YouTube earners list… and 9-year-old Ryan Kaji tops it again.
What are the memes of the year?
Buzzfeed just dropped its meme of the year list; here are our favorites.
OnlyFans: From adult content to a multibillion-dollar creator-based empire
OnlyFans numbers are huge: 85m+ users, 1m+ creators, $2B in 2020 revenue.
A Chinese tech deal shines a light on the $35B world of digital ad scams
Short-selling hedge fund alleges that YY Live is a multibillion-dollar fraud built on a clickfarm of bots.
How Big Tech is prepping for elections
The measures that Google, Facebook, and Twitter are taking to stop the spread of election-related misinformation.
With social commerce on the rise, Shopify’s tie-up with TikTok makes a lot of sense
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