Scripps Networks Strikes Deal to Serve Up Food Network and HGTV Shows for Snapchat

It's the company's third move to reach millennials this week

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The number of media companies who are not creating original content for Snapchat continues to dwindle.

This morning, Scripps Networks Interactive said that it has partnered with Snap Inc. to develop and produce new shows from its biggest networks, HGTV and Food Network, which will air exclusively on Snapchat’s Discover platform. Scripps hopes the move will drive Snapchat’s millennial users to its linear networks.

Scripps and Snap Inc. first teamed up in 2015, when Food Network was one of the first publishers for the launch of Discover.

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