Cox wrote, “Through surveys, Delaney and his team found that 53 percent of people get their business news from their phones, reflecting a national trend in a change in news consumption.
“‘There is a fundamental shift in how readers are getting their news and that should reflect how journalism is pursued,’ he said. ‘In many ways it’s more challenging since it’s not decades old.’
“With this information Quartz chose to pursue a digital-first news site focused on reaching readers through social media and creating content specifically made for the Web. According to Delaney, now about 70 percent of the site’s traffic comes through social networks.
“‘We’re in the middle of what I would argue is a fundamental change in how readers are accessing the news,’ he said. ‘It starts with the primary expectation for anything will come through a social network.'”
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