Snapchat Redesigns App to Shift interest to Media Channels

Snapchat is remodeling its utility to make its media partners’ channels extra attractive to click on, in a circulate that could draw extra advertising sales. The channels, known as discover, are like mini cellular magazines on Snapchat run by way of media companions, along with BuzzFeed and Time’s humans mag. The startup slots commercials between the testimonies people can swipe via. however find out isn’t always the most popular a part of the app. whilst 150 million people visit Snapchat day by day, a discover channel may additionally most effective…

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Instagram to Add Video Channels to ‘Explore’ Section

Facebook’s picture sharing app Instagram is updating its “Explore” section to add video channels that will appear in a feed according to users’ preferences. The feature will have a personalised channel called “videos you might like” that will collect videos from across Instagram’s global community and also will include a “Featured” column highlighting videos on specific topics, Instagram said. For now, the upgrade will only be available in the United States, Instagram said on Thursday. Instagram v7.20 is available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. On the company’s blog…

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