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The Information / Alex Heath and Jessica Toonkel / Sep 18
“By creating a tab for breaking news in its app, Snap would further distance participating publishers from the main Discover feed, which has been criticized for showcasing salacious, low-brow content alongside stories from publishers like The New York Times and The Washington Post. Earlier this year, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel told investors on an earnings call that the company was focused on improving the layout of Discover, which he compared to ‘almost like walking into a supermarket without the aisles labeled.'”