Snapchat

• Snapchat Will Let Users Share Original Shows Off-Platform, Is Rebranding Its ‘For You’ Feed (Report)
• Snapchat Unveils In-App Voter Registration Tools Ahead Of November Election

  Snapchat, an app that regularly touts its by Gen Z and millennial-leaning usership, has announced a quartet of new voting tools to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act -- yesterday -- which prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

  
• Snapchat Inks Music Deals, Pilots TikTok-Like Feature Letting Users Add Songs To Their Snaps

  After inking licensing agreements with several prominent music labels and publishers, Snapchat is testing a new feature that will let users add popular music to their Snaps -- bringing the app more squarely into competition with app-du-jour TikTok.

  
• Snap Sees Slowdown In User, Revenue Growth, Says Originals Now Reach 75% Of U.S. Gen Z Population

  Snap experienced a surge in daily active users when coronavirus lockdowns began, but that increased traffic “dissipated faster than we anticipated as shelter in place conditions persisted,” the company’s chief financial officer, Derek Andersen, said in its second-quarter earnings report.

  
• Snapchat Tests Special ‘Brand Profiles’ — Complete With Ecommerce, Lens Collections, More
• Snap Says It Reaches More 13 To 24-Year-Olds In The U.S. Than Facebook, Instagram, And Messenger Combined
• Snap Taps Rickey Thompson, Denzel Dion For Original Docuseries; Re-Ups With Disney, ViacomCBS, More For ‘Discover’
• Snapchat Stops Promoting Donald Trump’s Account, Says It Will Not Amplify “People Who Incite Racial Violence”
• Snap Poaches YouTube’s Francis Roberts To Oversee Relations With Digital Creators
• Snapchat’s Latest Ad Product Lets Marketers Purchase The ‘First Commercial’ Viewers See
• Snap Stock Surges On User, Revenue Growth; Calls Out ‘Nikita Unfilitered’ For 20 Million Views
• Snapchat Poaches Hulu Ad Vet Peter Naylor To Serve As VP, Americas