State of the News Media (Project)

Data and trends about key sectors in the U.S. news media industry

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.

Newspaper layoffs have far from abated in the past year, and digital-native news outlets are also suffering losses. At least 36% of the largest U.S. newspapers and at least 23% of the highest-traffic digital-native news outlets experienced layoffs between January 2017 and April 2018.

Just 50% of U.S. adults now get news regularly from television, down from 57% a year prior in early 2016.

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As of August 2017, 43% of Americans report often getting news online, just 7 points lower than the 50% who often get news on television.

Roughly two-thirds of Americans ages 65 and older now get news on a mobile device (67%), a 24-percentage-point increase over the past year.

Some major newspapers reported a sharp jump in digital subscriptions, but the industry as a whole faced ongoing challenges in 2016.