Pew Research Center reports on state of news media

Since 2004, Pew Research Center has released an annual assessment of the state of the news media. The center has recently provided some key findings for 2017. Here they are:

• The audience for nearly every major sector of the U.S. news media fell in 2017, with the only exception being radio.

• The “post-election slump” for TV viewership explains audience declines for cable and local TV, but not network. “Network TV’s decline in 2017 was unusual, as its audience has been relatively steady after election years,” according to Pew.

• Cable networks stand out for revenue growth, and network news’ economic picture was stable.

• Digital advertising revenue continues to grow, but little of it benefits news organizations.

• Hispanic media also saw audience declines.

Pew said newspaper circulation was down 11 percent last year, according to the Alliance for Audited Media.

For more in-depth info, go to the Pew Research Center site.

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