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Mobile Minutes: Starbucks eyes content; Snapchat cuts local stories; Vertical video; Pandora’s new pricing strategy

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Snapchat cuts local stories curators in strategy shift for live
Snapchat Inc. is ending its daily local stories for cities feature, which pulled together video of everyday activities — concerts, cute puppies in the park — shot by users in locales such as New York.
Read more on Bloomberg

Watch video on your phone the right way: Vertically
Reading this on your smartphone? A+! Looking at this on your computer monitor? What do you think this is? 1995? Go grab your phone. I’ll wait.
Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Report: Pandora to offer new $5 streaming option
As the battle amongst music streaming services intensifies Pandora has a new strategy: beat Apple and Spotify on price.
Read more on USA Today