Title: Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time - The Washington Post
Headings: Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time
Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time
Content: Twitter brought in $909 million in revenue for the fourth quarter, up 24 percent from a year earlier, with a profit of $255 million, well more than double what it made during the same period in 2017. “2018 is proof that our long-term strategy is working," chief executive Jack Dorsey said in a statement. " We enter this year confident that we will continue to deliver strong performance by focusing on making Twitter a healthier and more conversational service.” Would calling for murder get Trump banned from Twitter? CEO Jack Dorsey won’t say. But for the first quarter of 2019, Twitter expects revenue to come in between $715 and $775 million, an outlook that may have unsettled investors, along with the change in disclosures about user numbers. Twitter stock was down more than 10 percent in midday trading. Advertisement
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In a call with investors Thursday, Dorsey cast Twitter as an indispensable platform for hosting unique conversations, giving users insight into events and debates sparking around the world. “ You can’t find the conversation on Twitter anywhere else,” he said. Dorsey said this financial quarter was Twitter’s most successful ever.