Bending Spoons plans to lay off 75% of WeTransfer staff after acquiring the file-sharing service in July 2024; WeTransfer reportedly has 350+ employees
Italy-based app company Bending Spoons, which owns Evernote and Meetup, is planning to lay off 75% of the staff of file transfer service WeTransfer, TechCrunch has learned.
Post-pandemic loneliness is driving young US adults to apps like Discord and Reddit to make friends; users say seeking friends as adults still carries stigma
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WeWork is selling the social network Meetup to AlleyCorp and other private investors, sources say at a fraction of the $156M that WeWork paid for Meetup in 2017
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Former Meetup employees describe how competition from Facebook, the WeWork acquisition, and a mandatory arbitration agreement weakened the culture at Meetup
Meetup was supposed to be different. — While much of the tech industry struggled to create inclusive work environments … Tweets: @vboykis , @stormyafternoon , @joshconstine , @kateconger , @tnewmstw...
WeWork agrees to acquire Meetup, the New York-based social network that helps organize offline meetings; source says deal is valued at ~$200M
WeWork has agreed to acquire Meetup, a New York-based social network that helps organize offline meetings around common interests.
Responding to Facebook's community plan, Meetup says it's seeking new funding and will build a feature to automatically create groups based on user interests
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Google launches event suggestions in US search results on mobile web and in app; data pulled from 13 sources including Eventbrite, Ticketmaster, Meetup, StubHub
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