By Olivia Morley Pinterest Inc. wants its social network to be more social. After building its success on static image sharing, the company is investing in video and content creators who can lure interest from users and brands to compete with video-first competitors...
By Olivia Morley If its new video strategy works, Pinterest could be the best at marrying video with e-commerce, at scale. Until this year, Pinterest’s products lagged behind the competition. To compete with TikTok, social platforms from Instagram to YouTube had...
By Olivia Morley Pinterest Inc. said its monthly active users (MAUs) declined to pre-pandemic levels in the September quarter, but have been stable since then. The company said MAUs in the U.S. declined 10% in the September quarter to 89 million, down from 98 million...
By Olivia Morley Navjot Panchhi says he applied to as many as 700 full-time jobs since graduating in May 2020 with an applied physics degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Panchhi found a few contract jobs, but is still looking for a full-time role. He...
By Olivia Morley Pinterest Inc. (PINS) is pivoting to a video strategy in a bid to attract creators and Gen Z users, the company’s chief executive said on its latest earnings call. “Pinterest is at the beginning of a fundamental transition, going from a place to...
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