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		10% of our 2014 advertising revenue will be donated to 10 charities (redditblog.com)
		5 points by minimaxir on Feb 18, 2015 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

minimaxir on Feb 18, 2015 [–]

Note: the post buries the lede that 2014 ad revenue for Reddit was only $8.3 million, which is shockingly low given they were valued at $500M. I'm curious what their profit margin is.

healsdata on Feb 19, 2015 | [–]

They don't have one. They're giving away gross revenue because net revenue would have been a negative number.

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