Continuous Play not working

I have a brand new iPad mini 4 on iOS 9.2.1 and I cannot get Continuous play to work. Its switched in the on position along with auto start. Ive tried several resets including holding down both the on/off button and home button simultaneously. Judging from the comments it doesnt appear as if others are having this issue. Once before I had an issue with an older iPad. I left a review and someone from the developers team contacted me. Id appreciate if they can maybe reach out to me again. This is the only news app I use and I would like it to work properly.

sandman1318 about Scripps News, v3.0.1