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3:55 PM ET, April 29, 2015

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Amy Mitchell / Pew Research Journalism Project:
State of the News Media 2015  —  Call it a mobile majority.  At the start of 2015, 39 of the top 50 digital news websites have more traffic to their sites and associated applications coming from mobile devices than from desktop computers, according to Pew Research Center's analysis of comScore data.
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Roger Yu / USA Today:
Pew Study: more readers come to news sites from mobile than desktop but spend less time  —  Mobile news on the rise as print decline continues  —  For news publishers, it's a mobile world.  —  More readers are coming from mobile devices than computers for 39 of the top 50 digital news sites …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
91% of Americans over 12 listen to AM/FM radio, more than half to online radio; podcast listeners have doubled since 2008  —  Online radio, podcasts on the rise  —  Traditional AM/FM radio continues to reach the majority of the country while online radio and podcasts are …
Discussion: Journalism.org
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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:   Time Warner execs: TV has to adapt to an on-demand world
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Hulu Sets Mammoth ‘Seinfeld’ Licensing Deal Worth Nearly $180 Million  —  In another sign that Hulu is stepping up its game, the digital video giant has landed the SVOD rights to “Seinfeld,” cutting a deal with Sony Pictures TV for all 180 episodes of the enduring NBC comedy.
Benjamin Freed / Washingtonian:
More than 800K NPR clips now available for embedding on any website  —  NPR Clips Can Now Be Embedded on Other Websites  —  The network is making 800,000 clips available to post inside other websites.  —  Ever hear a memorable public-radio story segment that you've wanted to share …
Discussion: NPR.org
Reggie Ugwu / BuzzFeed:
Instagram's @music account, its first official content vertical, will showcase popular and emerging artists  —  Instagram Launches Dedicated Music Channel @Music  —  The Facebook-owned social network's first category-specific vertical will showcase popular and emerging artists.  —  Jared Eberhardt / Instagram
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
A&E's History Channel expansion H2 expected to be turned over to Vice for 2016 channel launch  —  A&E's H2 Channel to Become Vice  —  A&E Television Networks's H2 is history.  —  The Hearst and Disney-owned media company has pulled the plug on the historical and science-skewing channel and will be rebranding it as Vice.
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
Apple's iTunes Store woes continue as sales of books, music, and videos fell 4 percent in Q2  —  Apple today reported that sales of digital media fell 4 percent in the second quarter of 2015 and by 5 percent for the first six months of its fiscal year 2015.  —  The disclosure came …
Alan Yuhas / Guardian:
Two dozen writers join Charlie Hebdo PEN award protest  —  Authors including Junot Díaz and Joyce Carol Oates sign letter protest PEN America's freedom of expression award for French magazine  —  More than two dozen writers including Junot Díaz, Joyce Carol Oates and Lorrie Moore …
Discussion: bookforum.com
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Yahoo Introduces 18 Digital Series at NewFronts  —  Internet companies and publishers are playing up their original programming and trotting out celebrities this week in an attempt to stoke advertiser interest in digital video.  —  Yahoo unveiled 18 new series on Monday night …
Alexander Klöpping / Medium:
Blendle CEO Alexander Klöpping: pay-per-article works for journalism but not news, and other lessons from the startup's first year in business  —  A radical experiment with micropayments in journalism, 365 days later  —  One year of journalism without subscriptions, without ads and without clickbait
Discussion: PublishingLab and @dryfe, Thanks:@alexandernl
 
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Melissa Bailey / Nieman Lab:
Collaborating across borders: European journalists band together to track the migrant crisis
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
BBC Worldwide Takes 25 Percent Stake in U.K. TV Production Firm Curve Media
Discussion: Guardian
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Polish authorities say Russian reporter a danger to Poland
Discussion: ABC News
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Sky targets 70 redundancies in production services arm
Discussion: Digital Spy
Amanda Meade / Guardian:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation to increase investment in online by 40% over the next three years
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
The New Yorker teams up with WNYC on national radio show and podcast
Discussion: FishbowlNY and @gregorydjohnsen
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Q&A with Vox CEO Jim Bankoff on the VC money deluge, social networks as friend or foe, branded content, competition with clickbait, and more
Discussion: Poynter, Bloomberg View and @whatthebit
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Two AJAM Executives Resign Following Ex-Employee Lawsuit
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Time Inc. CTO Colin Bodell betting on technology to jumpstart growth across all titles
CNBC:
Twitter shares close down 18% on Q1 revenue of $436M that missed expectations, and weak forecast
 

 
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Thomas Gryta / Wall Street Journal:
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Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg:
Bluesky says it is working to comply with EU rules and is consulting with its lawyers, after the bloc accused the social network of flouting its regulations

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Google proposes Search tweaks in the EU to comply with the DMA, including removing the map showing hotel locations and results in Germany, Belgium, and Estonia
 
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