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Among the hundreds of thousands of news items distributed online every day, a precious few gain traction and spread across social networks (mostly Facebook, but even including “dark social” channels like messaging apps and email). Journalists are under increasing pressure…

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Edison Research is in the process of releasing data from its Fall 2014 ‘Share of Ear’ study, which takes a panel approach to assessing how much time Americans spend listening to the many categories of audio. The data produced a…

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