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• Here are some things to check out during Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday
• Snap wants to turn the post-holiday lull into “a unique business opportunity.” Welcome to Q5.

  Snapchat sees a post-holiday lull for advertisers in December and January, and it wants to turn that period into the "fifth quarter."

  
• Up next on Snapchat Plus: Longer-lasting Stories

  Snapchat Plus launched earlier this year. Now subscribers who buy into the premium tier can adjust how long their Stories stay up.

  
• Snapchat’s 523 program is back with $10,000 monthly grants for “small content companies from underrepresented groups”

  Snap has reopened applications for its 523 accelerator, which promotes content business from underrepresented groups on Snapchat Discover.

  
• Snapchat will celebrate spooky season by paying out $100,000 through Spotlight Challenges
• Here are the first 25 Black creators who will receive $10,000 per month from Snap
• Here’s how cooking creator Eitan Bernath uses Snapchat as the “main source of revenue for his company.”
• Snap will lay off “approximately 20%” of its team and will no longer directly fund its Originals
• Snapchat doubles up with new dual cam
• Snapchat already has 1 million people paying for Plus
• The Snapchat Sounds Creator Fund will pay out $100,000 to artists who are “driving creation”
• Galaxy raises $7 million to get more sellers hosting secondhand live shopping streams