Mediagazer: Digital radio audience surpasses FM and AM radio in the UK for the first time in Q1 2018 in part thanks to Alexa; listening online and via apps grew 17% YoY (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)

2:45 PM ET, May 17, 2018

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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
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BuzzFeed:

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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:

Digital radio audience surpasses FM and AM radio in the UK for the first time in Q1 2018 in part thanks to Alexa; listening online and via apps grew 17% YoY — Smart speakers influence debate about switching off analogue signal in UK — The popularity of Amazon's Echo smart speakers …

Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:

Reuters study finds major news sites in seven European countries averaged 81 third-party cookies per page, compared to 12 per page on other popular sites — Major news sites in seven countries averaged 81 third-party cookies per page, compared to 12 for other popular websites.

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Pro-Trump media continues to spread across platforms, including broadcast radio and TV, cable, and new digital sites — Pro-Trump media is spreading across the U.S., disseminating Trumpian rhetoric about fake news and mainstream media bias through every medium.

Kevin Draper / New York Times:

The Supreme Court ruling opening the way for sports betting could be a major boost to the value of live televised sports, perhaps aiding regional networks first — The sports television industry is struggling. There is an onslaught of competition from streaming services, video games, social networks and mobile phones.

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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

YouTube will use Content ID data to display full music credits and link to the official videos of artists and songs — YouTube is to begin surfacing more song and artist information for videos that are hosted on the YouTube platform. — The Google-owned video-streaming giant has long offered …