In a media world dominated by mammoth corporations, a progressive, independent news organization has beaten out Fox News on Apple’s ranking of top 10 news apps.

Link TV’s World News app is at No. 3 in the Apple App Store’s news category, and is further distinguished by being the only independent news outfit to make it onto the top 10. CNN’s and ABC’s apps hold slots 1 and 2.

— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.

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