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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.

The channels, known as Discover, are like mini mobile magazines on Snapchat run by media partners, including BuzzFeed Inc. and Time Inc.’s People magazine. The startup slots ads between the stories people can swipe through. But Discover isn’t the most popular part of the app. While 150 million people visit Snapchat daily, a Discover channel may only get 1 million views a day, people familiar with the matter have said.

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Snapchat is trying to fix that by interspersing Discover channels with the app’s Live Stories, which often draw tens of millions of viewers for popular events. And instead of just displaying a media company’s logo, Discover channels will have a cover page of sorts that previews a story inside, according to a spokeswoman.