In an effort to bring a larger audience to the platform, and in a show of support for the company’s future interim CEO Jack Dorsey scooped up some more stock.
Shares jumped 7.8% Monday to $29.17, after regulatory filings showed
Dorsey bought more than 31,000 shares, or $875,000 worth of stock, last
week. With the content and advertising deal, the NFL
will push content onto
Twitter
(including videos and photos from games) and Twitter will use
an algorithm to promote it to users.While Twitter and the NFL have partnered since 2013, the new deal
will mean “significantly more” NFL content than in the past, according
to the companies.