Plus: News Corp.’s ongoing problems and growing profits, one publisher’s disillusionment with apps, and the rest of the week’s must-reads in media and tech.
U.S. consumers app average downloads up 28%, Nielsen says nie.mn/JNHVwE 
Five minutes with Times Extra
Here’s a five-minute (well, 4:30) video introduction to Times Extra at The New York Times, which launched today and which Zach wrote about earlier today.
What to read next
May 11, 2012
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http://www.poynter.org/bill Bill Mitchell
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