Snapchat

• Snapchat Wants Its New Lenses To Spark Virtual Shopping Sprees
• Snapchat Adds Emoji Polls, Bitmoji Reactions To Direct Messaging

  Snapchat has unveiled four new messaging features that it says seek to make chatting with friends “more fun and expressive” – all of which are rolling out on Android and iOS in coming days. 

  
• Snapchat Christens Another $100,000 Spotlight Challenge Alongside Mariah Carey

  
• Snapchat Spotlight Has Paid Out $250 Million To 12,000 Creators In One Year

  Since launching its Spotlight platform for user-generated content a year ago, which rewards creators with for creating engaging videos, Snapchat says it has paid over $250 million to more than 12,000 creators to date.

  
• Snapchat Taps Kardashians For Latest ‘Spotlight Challenge’, Touting $100,000 In Prizes
• Snap Launches ‘523’ Accelerator For Minority-Owned Content Startups, With $60,000 Grants
• Snapchatters Can Now Add Audio From ‘SNL’, ‘Jaws’, ‘Billy Madison’ Following NBCUniversal Pact
• Snap Pledges To Be Carbon Negative By 2030
• Snap Stock Plummets, As Apple Privacy Changes Dent Ad Revenues
• Addison Rae Returns To Louisiana Roots In Upcoming Snap Original
• Snapchat Launches Mental Health Venture With Rickey Thompson, Maddie Ziegler, Others
• Snapchat Unveils New ‘Spotlight Challenges’, Touting $25,000 Max Prize Pools