<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/59421cbc5124c95973499ed9-800/messaging-startup-slack-said-to-draw-interest-from-amazon-bloomberg-2017-6.jpg" border="0" alt="Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, talks during the business messaging company's event in San Francisco, California January 31, 2017.  REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach" data-mce-source="Thomson Reuters" data-mce-caption="Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, talks during the business messaging company's event in San Francisco" /><p class="source"><span>Thomson Reuters</span></p><p class="caption">Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, talks during the business messaging company's event in San Francisco</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>The workplace-messaging platform Slack is planning to direct list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/slack-chooses-nyse-for-direct-listing-11554147364?mod=searchresults&amp;page=1&amp;pos=1">according to The Wall Street Journal</a>.</p><p>Doing so would make Slack the second big technology company after Spotfiy to bypass a traditional initial public offering.</p><p><em>This story  is developing. Check back for updates...</em></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2019-market-outlook-john-rogers-ariel-investments-on-fund-performance-whats-ahead-2019-3">The founder and CIO of $12 billion Ariel Investments breaks down how his top-ranked flagship fund has crushed its peers over the past 10 years</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/HR2ryZZj-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

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Slack is reportedly going put its direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange

Thomson ReutersStewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, talks during the business messaging company's event in San FranciscoThe workplace-messaging platform Slack is planning to direct list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, according to The Wall Street Journal.Doing so would make Slack the second big technology company after Spotfiy to bypass a traditional initial public offering.This story is developing. Check back for updates... NOW WATCH: The founder and CIO of $12 billion Ariel Investments breaks down how his top-ranked flagship fund has crushed its peers over the past 10 years function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);

Thomson ReutersStewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, talks during the business messaging company's event in San FranciscoThe workplace-messaging platform Slack is planning to direct list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, according to The Wall Street Journal. Doing so would make Slack the second big technology company after Spotfiy to bypass a traditional initial public offering.

Slack is reportedly going put its direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange

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