Snapchat

Snap Inc. to reduce workforce by approximately 20%

Evan Spiegel, CEO Snap Inc., sent a note to employees on Wednesday (August 31) confirming the news

Snapchat to pay DistroKid artists monthly grants up to $100,000 via new ‘Sounds’ creator fund

Snapchat now reaches over 600m monthly active users worldwide

YouTube launches $100m Shorts Fund to pay creators over course of 2021-2022

'Thousands of creators' will be paid for their content on Shorts, says YouTube

DistroKid artists can now distribute their music to Snapchat

Partnership will enable artists who control their own recording and publishing rights to get their music on the platform

Snapchat takes on TikTok with Spotlight and pledges to pay $1m to creators every day until end of 2020

Feature uses an algorithm to surface the 'most engaging' content

Snapchat launches music feature to rival TikTok

Company has multi-year deals with a number of major and independent publishers & labels

Licensed music is coming to Snapchat, as parent strikes deals with Warner, UMPG and more

It looks like Snapchat will be more closely rivalling TikTok in the weeks ahead...

Snapchat in talks with majors to expand music use in posts – report

Negotiations ongoing according to Wall Street Journal

Snapchat influencer network Fanbytes launches AR Lenses platform for labels

UK-born startup sees success working with the likes of Warner and Deezer