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Americans are accessing more online news on mobile devices

They call it the "mobile majority"—and it's changing the way Americans access media.

According to a report released this morning by the Pew Research Center, 39 of the top 50 digital news websites—and associated applications—get more traffic from mobile devices than from desktop computers.

While users check in via mobile, they stay longer when they visit a news website on a desktop, the researchers found—only 10 out of 50 news sites saw longer time per visit on mobile than on desktop.

But Pew's report, "The State of the News Media 2015," offered some encouraging news for legacy media.

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