LOS ANGELES — Vine's death, however inevitable it seemed, upset many digital influencers. After all, earlier this week CBS's 60 Minutes featured "the influencers" aka some of the platform's biggest ...

The social media platform for six-second (or shorter) looping video clips, which Twitter bought in 2012 before it even launched, announced it’ll be discontinuing its mobile app in the next few months, ...

It’s a sad time for anyone who loves Vine’s quirky six-second videos. I know that I’ve spent way too much time staring at a lot of the beautifully-crafted short videos, and now that era is coming to ...

It’s been a rough morning for Twitter. Shortly after the ubiquitous, essential, yet still somehow struggling communication platform announced that it would be laying off 9% of its workforce, the axe ...

Inaugurating a very black moment, Vine began much like any other social network, and not until its demise was it realized what would be missed. Founded in 2012 by a trio of entrepreneurs—a word often, ...

In a blog post Thursday morning, the six-second-video platform Vine surprised many by announcing it will be closing its doors in the coming months. While it's never been at the top of anyone's ...

Twitter didn't get acquired by Disney because it could ruin its brand. Twitter needs to cut costs, particularly stock-based compensation. Vine didn't have to be a fad app. It failed because it was ...

Short-form video creators everywhere were dumbstruck at the end of October when Twitter announced it was killing Vine. There’s still no word on when Vine might see its final day, and there are rumors ...

The age of the looping, six-second comedy video is no more. Today, the teams behind Twitter and Vine announced that they’ve decided to shut down the Vine app starting today. The Vine website will stay ...