apple News is growing its audience on Apple 's News platform , with many people signing up for alerts through the service . The US news organisation has more than two million subscribers to its own mobile app store , but adopted push notifications on Apple News since 2012 . It said referrals from apple News to its content are still low compared with those from other platforms , such as Facebook , but the numbers are growing . ABC News now has an eight - strong team dedicated to distributing content on Apple News and other platforms , including Hulu .
ABC News is growing its audience on Apple's News platform, with 400,000 people signing up for alerts through the service. The US news organisation has more than two million subscribers to its own mobile app alerts, but adopted push notifications on Apple News since October. It said referrals from Apple News to its content are still low compared with those from other platforms, such as Facebook, but the numbers are growing. ABC News now has an eight-strong team dedicated to distributing content on Apple News and other platforms, including Hulu.