monetization

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s Instagram property appears to be on track to reach the 1 billion user milestone, and advertisers couldn't be happier with the platform's growing reach. What You Need To Know Instagram's total user base passed the 800 million user mark in September,...

Digital and mobile monetization played a big role in Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI)'s third quarter earnings beat, Baird Equity Research's Colin Sebastian said in a research report. The video game company reported a 17 percent year-over-year increase in its third quarter revenue...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR)'s earnings report showed several signs of improving fundamentals, but analysts at Wells Fargo aren't confident enough to call for upside in the stock. The firm's Peter Stabler maintains a Market Perform rating on Twitter's stock with a price target boosted from $16 to $19,...

David Marcus, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s head of messaging, joined the company after serving as president of Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL). In an interview with Bloomberg's Emily Chang, he reiterated Facebook's policy of not disclosing revenue by specific products but he could confirm that...

Investor attention will likely shift away from bank stocks next week, as the "FANG" group is on deck to report earnings. In a preview of the earnings reports, Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Graham said that while there's a "constructive" backdrop for the companies,...

Yet again, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) impressed investors with its earnings report, which was highlighted by "impressive" momentum in its advertising business, Stifel's Scott Devitt commented in a research report. The analyst maintains a Buy rating on Facebook's stock with a price...

MoffetNathanson's Michael Nathanson was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment on Wednesday to discuss a problem that plagues both Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP)'s stock: monetization. President Trump Isn't A Positive Nathanson said Twitter's platform isn't set up properly to be...

Todd Sullivan was recently a guest on #PreMarket Prep, a daily trading idea radio show hosted by Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick. Sullivan is a co-founder and general partner at Rand Strategic Partners and discussed why his fund has no interest in buying shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR)....

In a report published Monday, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Bob Peck downgraded Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) to Neutral from Buy with a price target cut to $50 from a previous $58. Shares of Twitter were trading lower by more than 1.4 percent early in Monday's pre-market session as Peck...

Pandora Media (NYSE: P) is set to report its third quarter 2014 results after the closing bell on Thursday, November 21. The consensus EPS is $0.06, while consensus revenue is $174.8 million. Last quarter the company reported a $0.04 EPS, beating consensus by $0.02. Revenues also came in higher...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook might be wishing for more mail from Carl Icahn, especially after the open letter he got from analyst Andaan Ahmad at Berenberg, a German investment bank. In the letter, also addressed to Apple Chairman, Arthur Levinson, Ahmad called on the Cupertino, California...