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News Articles: Reddit

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman and company employees celebrate on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor, prior to his company's IPO, Thursday.

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  • Economy

Reddit stock starts trading 38% above initial public offering price

Reddit, the San Francisco social media site that describes itself as "the front page of the internet," is debuting as a public stock on Thursday.

March 21, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn

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  • Economy

Reddit's public Wall Street bet

Any day now, social media platform Reddit is expected to launch an initial public offering (IPO), earmarking shares for its most dedicated users. On today's show, our friends at WBUR podcast Endless Thread help us unpack why Reddit is making this move, and what it might mean for Reddit's stock.

Related episodes:
r/boxes, r/Reddit, r/AIregs (Apple / Spotify)

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February 26, 2024
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By:
  • Paddy Hirsch,
  • Julia Ritchey,
  • and 1 more
Popular online message board site Reddit is filing to sell stock in an initial public offering, the first social media IPO since 2019.

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  • Technology

Meet RDDT: Popular social platform Reddit to sell stock in an unusual IPO

Reddit's IPO will be the first time since 2019 that a social media company has premiered on the stock market.

February 22, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Reddit's updates will include access to moderation tools, messaging, and control settings for user approval and bans. The Reddit app icon is pictured on a smartphone.

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  • Technology

Reddit says new accessibility tools for moderators are coming. Mods are skeptical

In response to the new changes, set to roll out starting Saturday, moderators expressed a lack of confidence that Reddit's promises to improve accessibility will be substantial in the long run.

July 01, 2023
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Sept. 14 in Washington, D.C. Gensler discussed his approach to the job in a recent interview with NPR.

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  • Business

Why Wall Street's top cop thinks it's time to get tough

In a recent interview with NPR, S.E.C. Chairman Gary Gensler says one of his top priorities is protecting amateur investors as his agency unveils a number of tough new rules and investigations.

December 19, 2021
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By:
  • David Gura
Occupy Wall Street participants march down Fifth Avenue in New York on May 1, 2012. Lingering anger over the 2008 global financial crisis has fueled several populist movements, including most recently, the battle waged by amateur investors coordinating in Reddit against hedge funds.

Tagged as: 

  • Economy

'The Game Is Rigged': How Fury Over The Great Recession Fueled The Reddit Trade

The GameStop stock saga has risen into a movement fueled by a wave of emotions from the 2008 global financial crisis that are still raw.

February 10, 2021
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Day traders on the Reddit community r/WallStreetBets, founded by Jaime Rogozinski, drove up the price of GameStop and other stocks, setting up a standoff with Wall Street.

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  • Business

Reddit WallStreetBets Founder Calls GameStop Stock Frenzy A 'Symbolic Movement'

Jaime Rogozinski, a former moderator of the now-famous Reddit forum that sent GameStop stock soaring, saw the chaos coming. For too long, Wall Street has been "an invite-only club," he says.

February 01, 2021
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By:
  • Emma Bowman

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  • Business

Game Back On: GameStop Stock Rebounds As SEC Warns Against Market Manipulation

The video game retailer's shares shoot up, the online broker Robinhood struggles for cash and securities regulators issue a stern warning for anyone trying to game the market.

January 29, 2021
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By:
  • Avie Schneider
Shares of GameStop have surged as amateur investors foil hedge funds' efforts to short sell the stock.

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  • Business

From Elon Musk To AOC, Everybody Has A Tweet About GameStop

Jon Stewart and Ted Cruz are among other high-profile people who took to Twitter to comment on the stock story gripping the country.

January 29, 2021
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By:
  • Claire Miller
Video game retailer GameStop has seen its stock soar, driven higher by a group of amateur day traders on Reddit, who are taking on Wall Street hedge funds. The frenzy has gotten the attention of regulators and lawmakers.

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  • Business

GameStop Stock Mania: Why Everyone Is Talking About It And Many Are Worried

GameStop has seen its stock soar, driven higher by a group of amateur day traders on Reddit, who are taking on Wall Street hedge funds. The frenzy has gotten the attention of regulators and lawmakers.

January 29, 2021
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By:
  • Avie Schneider

Curbing Reddit Hate Speech

If you’ve ever visited any Reddit message board or YouTube comment section, you know internet trolls and hate speech go hand in hand. A new study from...

December 13, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Ryan McFadin

On Second Thought For Friday, July 7, 2017

First, Sucheta Rawal is a children’s book author on a mission. She created Beato, a world traveling cat, who’s part of a broader plan to raise cultural...

July 07, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
  • and 3 more

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