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Breaking News shutdown another indicator aggregation is not a sufficient news experience

Posted On 2016.12.112022.04.05In Sources

A number of news apps have shuttered recently, including The New York Times’ NYT Now, Circa, and The Times of London’s weekly international app. The amount of time that mobile users spend on news apps and news sites is small and appears to be decreasing (and news app use is dwarfed by social network use).

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