Mobile news

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Mobile news is creating and sending news by mobile devices.

Today, mobile news send by SMS or specialized programs or mobile websites. According to a recent market study across six countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, and US), 16.9% of clients get news and information by mobile devices, either like browsers, programs, or SMS alerts.[1]

The need for mobile news is growing quickly. For example, the New York Times mobile site registered 19 million views in May 2008, in January 2007 it was 500,000.[2]

From 2014 many media companies creates their native mobile programs. So many users in the whole world can get quick and short news.[3]

Mobile news also sends the power of breaking news reporting. Mobile phones are more easily used than radio, TV or newspapers. Mobile telephony also helps activism and citizen journalism. Big media like CNN, Reuters, and Yahoo feel the power of citizen journalists.

The creation of mobile news receiving text alerts. Now, social media makes content creation easy and accessible.

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  1. Mobile news statistics Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2009-04-03
  2. US Mobile nearing maturity Accessed 2009-04-03
  3. Mortensen, Tara Buehner; Keshelashvili, Ana (2013-07-01). "If Everyone with a Camera Can Do This, Then What? Professional Photojournalists' Sense of Professional Threat in the Face of Citizen Photojournalism". Visual Communication Quarterly. 20 (3): 144–158. doi:10.1080/15551393.2013.820587. ISSN 1555-1393. S2CID 145209621.