Snapchat gives publishers a new way to make Stories and money

Snapchat is trying something new: It's giving publishers a way to create videos without too much heavy lifting.On Thursday, Snapchat announced that its dozens of media partners, including Hearst, NBCUniversal, Refinery 29 and Daily Mail, will have the ability to build stories from the videos created by the app's 188 million daily users. Snapchat will split ad revenue with the media companies from commercials that run inside the videos.CNN is among the media companies that will use the new feature. The network had pulled out of Snapchat's premium publisher programs last year, cancelling a show called the "Update," which had been on Snapchat just four months before being abandoned. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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