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8:20 PM ET, May 11, 2016

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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Knight Foundation report: users spend 5% of mobile time on news sites and apps, Reddit users spend five times as much time in Reddit app than any other news app  —  People read the news on their smartphones (duh).  They will even read longform (to a certain extent).
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Local news startup Ripple apologizes for taking other people's news  —  Information doesn't want to be that free.  —  Yesterday we told you about Ripple, the startup that wants to deliver local news but doesn't create the news itself.  —  Today several publications that are in the business …
Discussion: @laurahazardowen
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Ripple.co launches out of beta, targets big cities with news feeds and contributed posts
Ellen Emmerentze Jervell / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer Q1: revenue up 4.6% to €783.4 adjusted, digital contributed to 67% of earnings, profit up to €203.2M  —  Italy's Mediaset and France's JC Decaux report disappointing results  —  FRANKFURT—Shares in Axel Springer SE fell sharply Wednesday despite it reporting …
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Ellen Emmerentze Jervell / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner wants to become the leading US digital publisher; company now has minority stake in 12 companies  —  Chief Executive Mathias Döpfner wants company to become the No. 1 digital publisher in every market it enters  —  BERLIN—German media giant Axel Springer SE …
Reuters:
German court rejects Turkish president Erdogan's request to ban Axel Springer CEO Mathias Doepfner from repeating derogatory term; appeal possible
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Facebook's News Feed reflects what we already like, with far more influence than curators of Trending Topics  —  I got my start writing for the student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin.1  —  What is interesting about that statement is that the appropriate follow-up question is “Which student newspaper?”
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Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
GOP Sen. Thune sends letter to Zuckerberg asking for more details about curation of Facebook's Trending Topics; Facebook says it looks forward to cooperating  —  The US Senate Commerce Committee—which has jurisdiction over media issues, consumer protection issues, and internet communication …
Paul Resnikoff / Digital Music News:
Sources: Apple planning to end iTunes music downloads in the next 2 to 4 years  —  Apple is preparing to abandon music downloads.  —  Apple is now preparing to completely terminate music download offerings on the iTunes Store, with an aggressive, two-year termination timetable actively being considered and gaining favor.
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Seven months after launch, El Español finds it challenging to pursue both high traffic and subscriptions  —  Web traffic to the crowdfunded media outlet is higher than expected, says co-founder María Ramírez, but subscriptions are not keeping up  —  Credit: Screenshot of El Español
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Hearst plans Snapchat Discover pop-up channels for Seventeen, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar  —  Snapchat users perusing the app's Discover section the last three weeks might have periodically noticed a prom-themed channel pop up from Hearst-owned Seventeen magazine.
Discussion: @mattnavarra and FishbowlNY
Alastair Reid / First Draft News:
Reuters study: 24% of UK journalists say publishing unverified info is sometimes justified  —  One in four UK journalists believe it is “justified” to publish unverified information, according to new research from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
Discussion: Reuters Institute …
 
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ESPN settles lawsuit with Verizon over ‘skinny’ FiOS cable bundle
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon unveils Amazon Video Direct, open to any video creator, with four ways to earn money: per-hour royalty, add-on subs, digital rent/sale, or ad-supported
 

 
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Financial Times:
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