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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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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 …
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Roger Yu / USA Today:
Pew Study: more readers come to news sites from mobile than desktop but spend less time
Pew Study: more readers come to news sites from mobile than desktop but spend less time
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ABC News, CNNMoney, @pewresearch, Quartz and Multichannel News
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Time Warner execs: TV has to adapt to an on-demand world — TV, both traditional linear television and streaming services like Netflix and HBO Now, are moving to an on-demand world, Time Warner C.E.O. Jeff Bewkes told analysts this morning on the company's earnings call. “All TV will be going on-demand,” Bewkes said.
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Roger Yu / USA Today:
Time Warner Q1 net income fell 25% year over year to $970M as costs rose; revenue reaches $7.1B, beating expectations, led by Turner and NCAA basketball revenue — Time Warner revenue jumps on Turner, HBO performance — Time Warner, the media company that owns HBO and TNT …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Financial Times, Bloomberg Business, Hollywood Reporter, timewarner.com, The Wrap and Variety
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
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Instagram Blog, SocialTimes, Pitchfork, Billboard, TechRadar.com, Reuters, EW.com, Engadget, TechCrunch, Vulture, Cult of Mac, Music Week, Music Ally, Ubergizmo, The Verge, TIME, The Next Web, SPIN, The A.V. Club, hypebot and Business Insider
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 …
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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.
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Variety, Deadline, VentureBeat, Adweek, Hulu Blog, Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter, The Verge, Business Insider, /Film, TechCrunch, App Advice, StreamDaily, Gothamist, Consumerist, Ubergizmo, @tcarmody, @chriswelch, WebProNews, Polygon, Home Media Magazine, Mashable, UPROXX and Engadget
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.
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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
FCC offers largest telecom providers $1.7B in subsidies to expand rural broadband — FCC Makes $1.7B Available for Rural Broadband — Price cap carriers have 120 days to commit — The FCC is offering the largest telecom providers $1.7 billion in subsidies to expand broadband …
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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 …
Jack Goldsmith / Lawfare:
Q&A with New York Times Managing Editor Dean Baquet on publishing CIA intelligence, accountability, and more — Interview With Dean Baquet, Executive Editor of New York Times, on Publication Decisions About Intelligence Secrets, and More — On April 25, two days after President Obama announced …
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Melissa Bailey / Nieman Lab:
Collaborating across borders: European journalists band together to track the migrant crisis — PERUGIA, ITALY — Before a dramatic capsizing sent European leaders scrambling to address an epidemic of migrant drownings, a team of independent journalists was quietly tracking the problem …