Snapchat News Coverage Could Shake Up 2016 Election

New York Times: During the 2008 presidential race, two online upstarts, Politico and Huffington Post, elbowed their way onto the rope line and helped change the way campaigns were covered. In 2012, it was BuzzFeed’s turn. The site that specialized in cute kittens and funny lists turned up at the Iowa caucuses and sped up the news cycle even further. Will 2016 be the Snapchat election? The question aries after reports that the fast-growing smartphone app had hired CNN political reporter Peter Hamby to lead its nascent news division.