snapchat

• 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 doesn’t have an active presence on chief competitor Instagram -- though it did launch a recent ad campaign on the photo and video-sharing app to tout what it perceives as a key distinction.

  
• Snapchat Introduces New ‘Creator Shows’ Format With Emma Chamberlain, Rickey Thompson, FaZe Banks

  Snapchat is tapping the digital creator field to launch a slew of new shows today alongside the likes of Emma Chamberlain, Rickey Thompson, Loren Gray, and FaZe Banks.

  
• BuzzFeed Debuts First Snapchat Original, Weekday Trendy News Roundup ‘BTW’

  You can now get your BuzzFeed digest on Snapchat. The media giant has launched BTW, a shortform weekday series that pulls together stories from across BuzzFeed and presents them via hosts Shanice Bland (production coordinator for BuzzFeed News), Patrice Peck (culture writer), and David Mack (BuzzFeed’s deputy director of breaking news), Variety reports. (Bland, Peck, and Mack are pictured above.)

  
• Former Snap Content VP Nick Bell Named Teespring Advisor
• Snapchat Renews Two Originals From Vertical Networks, Overtime (Exclusive)
• Snapchat Testing In-App Shops For Top Influencers Like The Kardashians, Bhad Bhabie, Spencer Pratt
• Snap Poaches Google, YouTube Vet Oona King To Serve As VP Of Diversity And Inclusion
• Snapchat Bans Adult Entertainment Company’s X-Rated Lenses
• Snap Promotes VP Luke Wallis Amid Restructuring Of Ad Sales Group
• Samsung Made A Vertical TV To Display Instagram Stories, TikToks, And Snapchats
• Snap Taps McDonald’s Alum Kenny Mitchell To Serve As First-Ever CMO