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Social Media News Round-Up: Instagram New Stickers, Snapchat World Cup Partnerships & more

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Social Media Platforms are constantly evolving and updating with newer features to increase relevance and stickiness for users, brands, and businesses. Here is our weekly roundup of Social Media News this week.

Social Samosa brings you all the latest news, platform updates and trends dominating the digital ecosystem.

Social Media News this week was dominated by Facebook's new guidelines for Creators, Snap Inc. reportedly in conversations with leading music labels while also partnering with ICC Cricket World Cup, and more.

Snapchat & JioSaavn announce a content integration partnership

Snap Inc. and JioSaavn announced a partnership aimed at connecting with South Asian mobile users worldwide. The integration will allow JioSaavn users to share what they are listening to from the JioSaavn app to Snapchat. Read more here.

Instagram is working on suppressing third-party apps selling fake followers and likes

Instagram is working on cracking down third-party apps that sell Instagram Fake Followers and engagement, as discovered in the app’s backend code. Read more here.

Snap Inc. in talks with Sony Music, Universal Music Group and more

Snap Inc. is reportedly in conversations with leading music labels to add more licensed music to Snapchat. Read more here.

Instagram tests redesigns Post Creation UI

Instagram is testing redesigns with the recently updated Instagram Post Creation UI with a new Stories tab. Read more here.

Instagram spotted testing ‘Order’ and ‘Product’ stickers

Instagram has been found to be testing new Instagram Shoppable Stickers named Order and Product for the in-app Stories. Read more here.

Facebook rolls out new guidelines for Instagram Creators

Facebook has published a new set of guidelines to help Instagram creators make more efficient use of the platform. All you need to know about Instagram Creators Guidelines here. Read more here.

TikTok creates in-app gamification for ICC Cricket World Cup partnership

TikTok recently announced its association with The International Cricket Council (ICC), as part of a global partnership with ByteDance. Everything you need to know about TikTok ICC Cricket World Cup Partnership here. Read more here.

All you need to know about Twitter’s content partnership with ICC Cricket World Cup

Cricket lovers will be able to follow Live action around #CWC19 on Twitter as a part of the Twitter Content Partnership with ICC Cricket World Cup. Read more here.

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