Reddit Plans to Sell Stock to Loyal Users in Unusual IPO Wager

The Wall Street Journal02-22

Social-media company intends to offer shares in the offering to 75,000 of its biggest usersPHOTO ILLUSTRATION: ALEXANDRA CITRIN-SAFADI/THE WALL STREET JOURNALReddit plans to place a big chunk of its ...

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