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The future of mobile news

Tablet users–even younger ones–still prefer a “print-like” reading experience

As 2012 comes to a close, it’s worth noting that this was the year the US crossed a mobile threshold. Half of all US adults now own a mobile device and a majority use their device to read news, The Economist Group and the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism reported in October. Now, Pew [...]

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Tags: mobile, news, Pew, pew 2012, reading, tablets

Will the iPad Mini replace the iPad?

I’m sad to say that I will no longer be writing for Lean Back 2.0, and as such, this last post will be on a new survey that’s very much relevant to this blog’s raison d’etre: tablets! A frequent question tech critics have raised is whether the iPad Mini will cannibalize sales from the original [...]

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Tags: Apple, iPad mini, reading, tablets

The future of mobile news

New study reveals that news consumption has gone mobile

New research released today by The Economist Group and the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism confirms that Americans are increasingly consuming news through their mobile devices. “The Future of Mobile News: The Explosion in Mobile Audience and a Close Look at What It Means for News” details the growing role that digital [...]

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Tags: ads, digital, mobile phone, news, Pew, reading, tablet

The future of mobile news

Full report

To read the full report, please click on the link below. The Future of Mobile News: The Explosion in Mobile Audiences and a Close Look at What it Means for News

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Tags: android, iPad, Pew, reading, tablets

The future of mobile news

Key charts

The following are some of the key charts featured in the new report on the future of mobile news by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and The Economist Group.  

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Tags: android, iPad, news, Pew, reading, tablets

Interview 2.0

PressReader opts for the print replica

For some of us, reading a newspaper – particularly on a weekend, when the opportunity arises to do so at leisure – is a kind of activity that doesn’t feel right without the promise of ink-stained fingers, and the challenge of taming corners that stubbornly curl, wavelike, as each new page is turned. The PressReader [...]

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Tags: commuters, iPad, newspapers, press, reading