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Alex Heath
Senior Reporter
Twitter's chief dealmaker, Jessica Verrilli, is leaving
Twitter's longtime head of mergers and acquisitions, Jessica Verrilli, has left the company.
One of Facebook's top dealmakers is joining Pinterest to scoop up more companies
Gary Johnson, one of Facebook's top dealmakers, is joining Pinterest to head up all corporate development.
A NYC startup that wants to make finding a home easier just raised $450 million at a $2.2 billion valuation
Compass, the New York-based startup with the goal of disrupting the real estate market, has raised $450 million at a $2.2 billion valuation.
How dual-CEO Jack Dorsey manages to run both Twitter and Square
Many CEOs would say that it's difficult to run one company. But for the last two years, Jack Dorsey has run two: Twitter and Square. Here's how he does it.
Facebook's new chat app for kids makes parents approve conversations
Facebook's latest app is exclusively for kids. But parents dictate whom their kids can talk to.
The risks and potential upsides of Snapchat's big redesign
Depending on how users respond, the big Snapchat redesign will have an either negative or transformative effect on Snap's young business.
Facebook's third longest-serving employee explains why her team isn't judged by profits
Social Good VP Naomi Gleit is responsible for Facebook's crisis response hub, fundraising efforts, and other tools. Her team has no directive to drive profits.
Pinterest president and top business chief Tim Kendall is out
Pinterest's longtime president and top business exec, Tim Kendall, is leaving to "start his own venture."
Vine's former CEO says he's working on a 'follow-up' to the shuttered app
Former Vine cofounder and CEO Dom Hofmann is working on a successor to the six-second video app, which Twitter bought in 2012 and shut down last year.
This is the biggest redesign in Snapchat's history
The biggest redesign in Snapchat's history features an algorithmically sorted feed that's conceptually similar to Facebook's — but also strikingly different.
Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp is resigning
Tumblr's founder, David Karp, is resigning from the company he created more than a decade ago, he announced in a memo sent to employees on Monday.
Here's how many people watched the original shows that Facebook is renewing for second seasons
Facebook has ordered second seasons for only a handful of original shows it's funding for its Watch tab. And they all share the same kind of viewership numbers.
The maker of Pokémon Go just raised $200 million to build other AR games
The creator of hit game "Pokémon Go," Niantic, has raised $200 million in funding as it prepares to release another AR game based on "Harry Potter."
Inside Facebook’s early efforts to attack TV
Facebook is judging its early Watch shows by the repeat viewers they draw, not their sheer number of views. The search for Watch's first hit show continues.
Former Uber board member and VC Bill Gurley says it’s time for Silicon Valley’s unicorns to ‘grow up’ and get profitable
Top tech venture capitalist and Benchmark partner Bill Gurley thinks Silicon Valley unicorns are growing up and realizing they need to be profitable.
Another one of Snapchat's first 20 employees has left the company
Chloe Drimal, one of Snapchat's first 20 employees and the architect of Snapchat's "Our Stories" feature, has left the company, Business Insider has learned.
Facebook is killing its standalone Snapchat clone in Messenger and putting the feature everywhere else
Facebook has ended its standalone Stories format for Messenger by connecting the feature to its main mobile app. The Stories idea was once unique to Snapchat.
Snap has spent $352 million on acquisitions this year — here are all of the startups it's bought so far
For a newly-public company facing intense pressure to grow its ad revenue, Snapchat parent Snap Inc. has no problem spending lots of money on acquisitions.
The company behind the biggest games in the world wants to help Snapchat make games
Tencent’s newly acquired stake in Snapchat parent Snap Inc. will help the two companies work on games and “newsfeed” ads, a Tencent said Thursday.