Snapchat's Redesign Is Aimed at Attracting More Eyeballs for Publishers and Brands

Snapchat's got a brand-new look today. The red-hot messaging app is revamping its feed with a new design that mashes up Discover with Live Stories—the strings of photos and videos that users collect at events—with subscribe buttons, creative headlines and new placements geared at helping publishers amass big audiences. Roughly 20 publishers—including CNN, Hearst, IGN and Vox Media—produce daily custom content for Discover with Snapchat-exclusive resources and teams. IGN, for example, has a dedicated team of four staffers that put together the video game publishers' content, while MTV has an 11-person Snapchat crew. In exchange for reaching millions of daily views, Snapchat requires media brands to sell ads against their content as part of a revenue-sharing program. But some publishers have complained that they only receive a fraction of Snapchat's traffic from 100 million users since people primarily use the app to communicate. The goal of the redesign, of course, is to get people to view more content from publishers alongside user-generated content from their friends. Discover and Live Story content now sits at the top of the page in a scrollable section (see how it works below). While publishers are unclear if the changes will boost their viewers, some say switching up the user experience is a step in the right direction. "With the product change, it takes things to the next level in really allowing us to showcase a little bit of a teaser of the look and feel of... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

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