Publishers are reformatting content to be consumed more quickly as mobile dominates news consumption

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A new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center found that nearly six in ten US adults 57 often consume news on a mobile device, while only 30 often do so on a desktop or laptop computer. For context, the share of Americans who consume news on their phones often is now almost triple what it was in 2013 when the study was first conducted.

Mobile news consumers favor content that captures attention quickly and is easy to digest, and publishers are accordingly reorienting around that. Attention on mobile devices is typically fragmented consumers have a tendency to pull out their phones while standing in line, eating dinner, or watching TV.

To accommodate more sporadic usage patterns, many news publishers are reformatting their content to be quickly consumed during shorter windows. For example, the growth of newsletters is one of the most common trends in distributing more digestible news about 42 of US digital news subscribers have used one or more email newsletter in the last week, according to the Reuters Institute for Journalism.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderSee Also:These banks offer the most desirable mobile features across categoriesAmerican Express is sweetening its deals for merchantsThe FCC's public auction of C-band spectrum jeopardizes a major source of funding for satellite companies

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