The public’s sense about the pandemic's impact on the financial well-being of most news organizations is far from clear.
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Mergers, closures and layoffs have affected many media organizations. Here are 10 charts on the state of newsroom employment in the U.S. today.
Many U.S. news organizations are covering the coronavirus pandemic while themselves facing financial pressure from the outbreak.
U.S. newspaper circulation fell in 2018 to its lowest level since 1940, and newspaper revenues declined dramatically between 2008 and 2018.
While few Americans pay for local news, some people are more likely to do so than others – and most believe their local news outlets are doing well financially.
Mid-market newspapers were the most likely to suffer layoffs in 2018. Digital-native news outlets also faced continued layoffs.
Hundreds of local and regional radio and television stations comprise the U.S. public media system.
In the U.S., roughly nine-in-ten adults (93%) get at least some news online (either via mobile or desktop), and the online space has become a host for the digital homes of both legacy news outlets and new, “born on the web” news outlets.
The audio news sector in the U.S. is split by modes of delivery: traditional terrestrial (AM/FM) radio and digital formats such as online radio and podcasting.
Newspapers are a critical part of the American news landscape, but they have been hit hard as more and more Americans consume news digitally.
