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• Snap Stock Surges On User, Revenue Growth; Calls Out ‘Nikita Unfilitered’ For 20 Million Views
• NBCUniversal Has Sold Its $500 Million Stake In Snap, But Will Continue On As Content Partner

  NBCUniversal -- which comprises TV property NBC as well as film studio Universal Pictures -- is getting out of the Snapchat business.

  
• Snap Taps Third Class Of Startups For Its Media And Tech Accelerator ‘Yellow’, Offering $150K In Equity Funding

  Snap has unveiled the third class of startups slated to participate in Yellow -- an accelerator program launched in May for entrepreneurs working at the intersection of content creation and technology. 

  
• Snapchat Triples Video Ad Earnings And Snags 8 Million New Users, But Misses Q4 Revenue Target

  Snap Inc.’s stock is down more than 13% after yesterday’s fourth-quarter earnings call, which revealed that while Snapchat continued bringing in daily active users and significantly grew video viewership, it missed its revenue target for the first time in seven quarters.

  
• Snap Names Former OWN Exec Jill Dickerson Head Of Unscripted Programming
• Snap Dropping Complex-Produced Doc About Incarcerated Rapper Tekashi69 (Trailer)
• Snapchat Pledges $750,000 To Support AR Influencers In 2020
• Whistle Acquires Elisabeth Murdoch-Founded, Snap-Backed Content Studio ‘Vertical Networks’
• Snap Unveils Third Generation Of $380 Spectacles, With Two Cameras To Create AR Effects
• Snapchat To Raise $1 Billion In Debt Financing, In Part To Fund Acquisitions
• Snapchat Takes Implicit Dig At Instagram In New Ad Campaign — On Instagram
• Snapchat Introduces New ‘Creator Shows’ Format With Emma Chamberlain, Rickey Thompson, FaZe Banks