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Snapchat Eyes News, Advertising

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Venice-based Snapchat has plans to add news articles, advertisements, TV, and movie clips to the service, according to reports this week, in a new service called Snapchat Discovery. snapchat news advertising photo messaging disappearing social' READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Steps Into Controversy Over Domestic Violence, Rihanna

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Venice, California-based Snap Inc. , the company behind Snapchat , has run into more controversy, after celebrity Rihanna weighed in on an poll advertisement Snapchat had approved and run on its service asked viewers to vote on whether they'd like to "slap Rihanna" or "punch Chris Brown". READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Avoids Fake News With Secret Weapon: Humans

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As more and more revelations of abuse of advertising systems at Google and Facebook by Kremlin-linked advertisers continue to surface--Venice, California-based Snapchat has managed to keep itself free of "fake news" using a secret weapon: humans. elections.

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Snapchat Pays Maryland $100,000 To Settle Charges

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Venice-based Snapchat said late last week that it has settled with the state of Maryland, over issues with how the company advertised its services. According to the state attorney general, Snapchat had misled consumers that its snaps were only temporary and would disappear after being viewed by recipients.

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ZEFR Links Into SoundCloud

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Venice-based ZEFR , the provider of rights management services for YouTube, said today that it has linked up with SoundCloud , to help ZEFR''s music partners better understand sharing of content on SoundCloud. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Mogreet Raises $2.0M More

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Venice, California-based Mogreet , the mobile marketing firm headed by James Citron, has raised $2.0M Mogreet uses Mobile Messaging Service (MMS), SMS, QR codes, and more in advertising and marketing campaigns for its clients, which include such companies as Nike, ABC, WB, Paramount, Macy's, Gymboree, and many others.

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Five Startups Revolutionizing Music, In Southern California

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Miso Media is located in Venice, and was founded by Aviv Grill ; the firm's investors include Aria Ventures , Detroit Ventures Partners , Google Ventures , Mind Fund , and Keith Rabois , among others. Earbits has created a service which lets you browse through over 200 stations of streaming audio, advertising free.