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Snapchat succeeded for one reason, investor says: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel

by Eric Johnson

Lightspeed Venture Partners’ Jeremy Liew explains Spiegel’s game-changing insights into social media.

One way Snapchat’s IPO will be unique: The shares won’t come with voting rights

by Kurt Wagner

Here’s how Snap’s stock structure works.

You can now buy Snap’s video-recording sunglasses online

by Kurt Wagner

Spectacles aren’t available only from a vending machine anymore.

One of Snap’s top ad execs is leaving right before the IPO

by Kurt Wagner

Sriram Krishnan, who joined a year ago from Facebook, was a key leader on Snap’s ad tech team.

Snap created a ‘How to Use Snapchat’ video for Wall Street

by Peter Kafka

Maybe it will help you, too.

CEO Evan Spiegel will likely be worth more than $4 billion once Snap IPOs

by Kurt Wagner

So who else is getting rich?

Snapchat is the most relevant platform for content and marketing, says AwesomenessTV CEO

by Tess Townsend

“Any kind of communication is content on Snapchat.”

Joanna Coles did not take less pay than other Snap directors. The real issue for tech is why so many thought she did.

by Kara Swisher

The outspoken editor could not speak out on an inaccurate meme, due to Snap’s quiet period.

It’s not just Google — Snap has a $1 billion cloud services deal with Amazon, too

by Kurt Wagner

Snap disclosed the deal in a revised version of its S-1 made public Thursday.

Twitter needs to show some momentum ahead of Snap’s IPO

by Kurt Wagner

It might do well to restore some investor faith before Snap eats its lunch.

Snap has financially handcuffed itself to Google Cloud (Updated)

by Peter Guagenti

In doing so, it’s not in control over some key parts of its business and costs for the foreseeable future as its IPO approaches.

Why would I buy stock in Snap?

by Eric Johnson

The Verge’s Lauren Goode and Recode’s Kurt Wagner answer your questions on this bonus episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask.

Snapchat added ‘Planet Earth’ to its list of mini shows

by Kurt Wagner

The BBC documentary series is coming to Snapchat on February 17.

Snap looks like it’s Google Cloud’s biggest customer

by Tess Townsend

The soon-to-IPO company is on the hook for $400 million a year with Google — equal to the search giant’s estimated 2015 cloud revenue.

The one chart that should scare Snapchat investors

by Dan Frommer

User growth has been rapidly decelerating.

Snap’s IPO numbers look a lot more like Twitter’s than Facebook’s

by Kurt Wagner

Probably not the comparison investors are looking for.

Snap paid out $58 million to media companies last year

by Dan Frommer

That’s up from about $10 million in 2015.

Snap has a $2 billion contract with Google for cloud services

by Tess Townsend

The company is on the hook for $400 million a year.

Snapchat’s user base was growing quickly — but slowed down last quarter

by Kurt Wagner

Snap added 50 million new users last year, but just five million in Q4.

Evan Spiegel’s investors are giving him a $750 million bonus for taking Snap public

by Peter Kafka

That’s on top of the $5.5 billion he’ll already have.

Snap finally shared the details of its business, which is growing like crazy

by Kurt Wagner

Here’s our first public look at Snap’s private business.

Snap says its automated ad sales are finally ready — just in time for the IPO

by Kurt Wagner

Any advertiser can now use the ad tech to buy Snapchat ads.

Snap plans to publicly file for its much-anticipated IPO late next week

by Kara Swisher

The social communications company’s current valuation is $25 billion, said sources.

Facebook is copying yet another popular Snapchat feature: Stories

by Kurt Wagner

First Instagram cloned Snapchat's Stories feature. Now Facebook is doing it, too.

Snap is fighting back against a lawsuit claiming it lied about user growth

by Kurt Wagner

Snap says a lawsuit from a former employee is “all about publicity.”

The founder of Timehop is going to work at Snapchat

by Peter Kafka

Jonathan Wegener will work on product.

Flashback: New Snap chair Michael Lynton on Evan Spiegel and his ambitions

by Peter Kafka

From February 2016: “I just don’t think people recognize how difficult it is to pull off what they’ve pulled off. “

A former Snap employee is suing the company and claims it’s been lying about its growth

by Kurt Wagner

Snap says the lawsuit “has no merit.”

Here are all the times Facebook tried to stomp out Snapchat in 2016

by Kurt Wagner

Facebook’s Snapchat envy isn’t new.

The Recode guide to 2017

by Recode Staff

Next year is happening. Here’s what to look forward to.

Snap has acquired an ad tech company called Flite

by Kurt Wagner

Snap is beefing up its ad tech team.

Flipagram is in serious acquisition talks with Chinese news aggregator Toutiao

by Kurt Wagner

Sources say a deal is not final, but a real possibility.

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