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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).
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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 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 …
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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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The Star Online, @rafat, Bloomberg and Reuters
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.
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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.
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Adweek, Mashable, Droid Life, Tubefilter, The Verge, The Next Web and iMore
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
Paul Dallison / Politico:
Bloomberg gave $362,000 to keep Britain in European Union — BRUSSELS — Media giant Bloomberg gave $361,675 to the campaign fighting to keep Britain in the European Union, according to a watchdog that regulates election financing. — The donation, which the Electoral Commission listed as being in cash …
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@miriamelder
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 …
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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 …
Kevin Draper / Gawker:
As digital sites woo advertisers, they conflate metrics for digital video viewership and traditional TV — We are, right now, in the midst of a digital media upheaval. What was previously conventional wisdom—that a media company with hopes of turning a profit needs, above all, to achieve scale—is being proven false.
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Wall Street Journal, Fortune and Mashable
Oliver Roeder / FiveThirtyEight:
USA Today and Gannett sever ties with Timothy Parker, crossword puzzle editor accused of plagiarism — USA Today has permanently severed ties with the longtime editor of its crossword puzzle, Timothy Parker, after allegations of plagiarism by Parker were investigated by FiveThirtyEight.
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Guardian, New York Times, New York Times and The Wrap
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