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Re:TechCrunch published Snap earnings before numbers went pu... by hbcondo714 on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @06:07PM (#21328932)
"Companies can use social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to announce key information" but Investors must be alerted[1].

TechCrunch may not qualify under this.

[1] https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2013-2013-51htm

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Re:TechCrunch published Snap earnings before numbers went pu... by nl on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @06:57PM (#21329309)
It applies to websites too:

The SEC’s report of investigation confirms that Regulation FD applies to social media and other emerging means of communication used by public companies the same way it applies to company websites. The SEC issued guidance in 2008 clarifying that websites can serve as an effective means for disseminating information to investors if they’ve been made aware that’s where to look for it.

(in the same document)

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Re:TechCrunch published Snap earnings before numbers went pu... by jhiesey on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @07:27PM (#21329524)
Isn't that referring to publishing earnings on the company's own website or social media they control, not on independent publishers like TechCrunch?
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Re:TechCrunch published Snap earnings before numbers went pu... by vasco on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @08:24PM (#21329859)
It could be TechCrunch but investors would have to have known in advance that's where the numbers will be published.
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