NPR: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/27/499581190/twitter-is-laying-off-9-percent-of-employees-amid-103-million-loss

 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=11193719

 

C3 Metrics: https://c3metrics.com/dying-vine-decline-social-media-platform/

 

27 Vine stats: http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/vine-statistics/

 

Most successful vine campaigns: http://sweetiq.com/blog/2014/02/the-most-successful-business-vine-campaigns/

 

Vine timeline- http://www.businessreviewusa.com/technology/5614/The-rise-and-fall-of-Vine:-A-brief-timeline  

 

Hype Cycle: http://www.gartner.com/technology/research/methodologies/hype-cycle.jsp

 

Attention span: http://www.inc.com/joshua-conran/how-to-grab-your-target-s-attention-in-8-seconds-or-less.html

 

Social media video success: http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2014/02/06/social-video-success-brands-vine-instagram-6-15-seconds-fame/

 

Instgram video release: https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/20/facebook-instagram-video/

Twitter: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/02/10/twitter-fourth-quarter-earnings-user-decline/80178140/

 

https://www.emarketer.com/Article/Twitters-Share-of-US-Social-Network-Users-Dropping/1014343

 

Company buyouts:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/53693/8-tech-companies-turned-down-huge-buyouts