Mediagazer: 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 (Shan Wang/Nieman Lab)

7:10 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).

Discussion: Poynter, medium.com, Knight Foundation, Knight Foundation, Medium, The Rural Blog, @poynter, @jcstearns, Medium, @knightfdn, @ejimbo_com and Medium

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 …

Discussion: The Star Online, @rafat, Bloomberg and Reuters

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

Discussion: Techdirt, Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg, The Local, RT, Sydney Morning Herald, Telegraph, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, DW.COM, VICE News, armenpress.am, Associated Press and Guardian

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 the business …

Discussion: @laurahazardowen

Peter Kafka / Recode:

Ripple.co launches out of beta, targets big cities with news feeds and contributed posts — Viki founder Razmig Hovaghimian launches a “city-focused news platform.” — The internet is a good place to learn lots of things. What's happening in your neighborhood is not one of them …

Discussion: @pmontoro, @jakedobkin, @johnness, @jake_bittle, @scottbrodbeck, @bechang8, @jensabella, @bechang8, @jakedobkin, @jakedobkin, @jakedobkin, @jakedobkin, @jensabella, @jakedobkin, Journalism.co.uk, PR Newswire and @niemanlab

Hank Green / Recode:

Vlogger Hank Green responds to Irving Azoff's open letter to YouTube, says the platform protects needs of independent creators from multinational companies — Dear Irving Azoff: Being on YouTube is good for artists and record labels, and everybody knows it.

Discussion: Digital Music News, Tubefilter, Billboard, @irvingazoff, Music Ally and The Wrap

Davey Alba / Wired:

YouTube tests letting users share and talk about videos in group message threads within the app, which others can be invited to join — We've all had it happen: You're talking with a friend, and the conversation turns to something that a YouTube video perfectly encapsulates.

Discussion: Adweek, Mashable, Droid Life, The Verge, The Next Web, Tubefilter and iMore

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 …

Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Facebook's News Feed reflects what we already like, with far more influence than curators of Trending Topics

Discussion: Guardian, The Loop and Fast Company

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

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.

Discussion: @olum_ikuenobe, @tomwarren, AppAdvice.com Latest, 9to5Mac, iMore, The Next Web, MacRumors and Business Insider

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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