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Snapchat redesigns app to shift attention to media channels
Snapchat Inc. is redesigning its application to make its media partners’ channels more appealing to click on, in a move that may draw more advertising revenue.
Read more on Bloomberg

Report: Verizon to bid $3B for Yahoo Web assets
Verizon Communications, long considered the favorite in the Yahoo asset sales sweepstakes, plans to submit a $3 billion bid, according to a published report.
Read more on USA Today

T-Mobile offering all customers free Warcraft ticket, Vudu rentals, stock and other new perks
T-Mobile is giving away a free ticket to Universal Pictures’ Warcraft for its U.S. premiere this weekend to all of its customers, as part of a series of customer perks unleashed Monday by the carrier to win customers from rivals AT&T and Verizon Wireless.
Read more on Variety