State of the News Media 2009
Some of the numbers are chilling. Newspaper ad revenues have fallen 23% in the last two years. Some papers are in bankruptcy, and others have lost three-quarters of their value. By our calculations,...
View ArticlePartisanship and Cable News Audiences
The recent debate over the partisan composition of cable news network audiences has focused on data from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. As we reported in our 2008 biennial news...
View ArticleState of the News Media 2010
OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION What now? Inside news companies, the most immediate concern is how much revenue lost in the recession the industry will regain as the economy improves. Whatever the answers, the...
View ArticleThe Fading Glory of the Television and Telephone
by Paul Taylor and Wendy Wang, Pew Research Center One day you’re the brightest star in the galaxy. Then something new comes along — and suddenly you’re a relic. It’s a turn of fate that awaits sports...
View ArticleState of the News Media 2011
Overview By several measures, the state of the American news media improved in 2010. After two dreadful years, most sectors of the industry saw revenue begin to recover. With some notable exceptions,...
View ArticleCable Leads the Pack as Campaign News Source
Cable news is now the top regular source for campaign news, with 36% of Americans say they are regularly learning about the candidates or campaign on those networks. The long-term decline in the...
View ArticleState of the News Media 2012
A mounting body of evidence finds that the spread of mobile technology is adding to news consumption, strengthening the appeal of traditional news brands and even boosting reading of long-form...
View ArticleEight-in-Ten Following Olympics on TV or Digitally
Large majorities of Americans are following coverage of the Olympic Games in London. Nearly eight-in-ten (78%) say they have watched or followed Olympic coverage either on television, online or on...
View ArticleOne-in-Ten ‘Dual-Screened’ the Presidential Debate
More than half of America watched the first presidential debate live, including 11% who were "dual screeners," following coverage on a computer or mobile device while also following television coverage.
View ArticleInternet Gains Most as Campaign News Source, But Cable TV Still Leads
Americans are following the presidential campaign more closely on nearly every news platform than they were earlier in the year.
View ArticleInternet Gains on Television as Public’s Main News Source
The internet is slowly closing in on television as Americans’ main source of national and international news. Currently, 41% say they get most of their news about national and international news from...
View ArticleIn Changing News Landscape, Even Television Is Vulnerable
The transformation of the nation’s news landscape has already taken a heavy toll on print news sources, particularly print newspapers. But there are now signs that television news – which so far has...
View ArticleState of the News Media 2013
News reporting resources continued to decline in 2012 and nearly a third of Americans have abandoned a news outlet. Meanwhile, more newsmakers are able to take their messages directly to the public.
View ArticleCitizen eyewitnesses provide majority of top online news videos in Oklahoma...
In an earlier Pew Research report that monitored YouTube news videos from January 2011 through March 2012, another horrific natural disaster generated the most interest in that period. It was the...
View ArticleWhat Univision’s milestone says about U.S. demographics
Spanish-language television reached a new milestone in America. Univision finished first among broadcast networks during July sweeps in two highly sought-after demographics: 18- to 49-year-olds and...
View ArticleNewspapers Invest in Local TV Stations Despite Warning Signs
The economic ills of newspapers are fueling a spate of recent local TV acquisitions by newspaper companies, but the data suggest the local TV news market may not be immune to its own set of problems.
View ArticleLocal TV newsrooms in 2012: Bigger budgets, smaller staffs
The recent local TV buying spree by companies such as Gannett and the Tribune Company has reinforced the notion that in a challenging media environment, local television stations are commodities that...
View ArticleNBC makes a bet on getting user-generated content from citizen videographers
NBC News last week announced its acquisition of Stringwire, a digital startup that will allow anyone with a smartphone to stream live video content from the scene of a breaking news event straight to...
View ArticleTime Warner vs. CBS: The high stakes of their fight over fees
Cable subscribers are now in week five of the battle between Time Warner Cable and CBS that is keeping the network’s programming from being shown in such major markets as New York, Los Angeles and...
View ArticleWays to connect digital devices increase — for those who have more than one
The release of Chromecast by Google last month is only the latest effort by tech companies to make sure all those smartphones, laptops, and tablets you’ve bought are properly connected and streaming....
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