For National Radio Day, key facts about radio listeners and the radio industry in the U.S.
About eight-in-ten Americans ages 12 and older listen to terrestrial radio in a given week.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
About eight-in-ten Americans ages 12 and older listen to terrestrial radio in a given week.
The Pew-Knight Initiative will deliver a comprehensive, real-time look at the information landscape from the standpoints of both consumers and producers of news.
A declining share of U.S. adults are following the news closely, and audiences are shrinking for several older types of news media.
57% of U.S. journalists surveyed say they are extremely or very concerned about potential restrictions on press freedoms in the country.
We’ve updated our series of fact sheets on the U.S. news media industry. Here are some key findings about the state of the industry in 2020.
Nonprofit news reporters now account for 20% of the nation’s total statehouse press corps, up from 6% eight years ago.
Most of our research on the U.S. news environment has been from the viewpoint of the public, but this time we surveyed journalists themselves.
Audiences for nearly every major sector of the U.S. news media fell in 2017 except for radio. Cable news revenue continued to rise, as did digital ad revenue.
Though the revenue involved and amount of content produced are nowhere near what comes through the more mainstream media, crowdfunding can help bring to reality work that might otherwise not see the light of day.
Our annual report surveys the landscape of U.S. journalism, from the changes driven by mobile devices to the ups and downs of legacy news organizations.
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