Pew Research Center

Survey: 19% of Online News Consumers Willing to Pay

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 15, 2010 - 10:13am.
Washington - Of the estimated six in ten Americans who read news online, only 19% said they would be willing to pay for news online, while 82% said they would look elsewhere if news sites they used asked for payment, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Survey: Web Trumps Newspapers, Radio as U.S. News Source

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 1, 2010 - 12:30pm.
Washington - The Internet now has surpassed newspapers and radio to become the third most popular news platform in the U.S., according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.

Web News Consumption Up, But TV Still Top U.S. News Source

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 18, 2008 - 6:42am.

Washington - Television remains the top news source for Americans, while younger people are relying more heavily on Web sources and most consumers are reading fewer newspapers, according to a biennial survey published by the Pew Research Center. The report found 46% of U.S. news consumers rely heavily on television; this group had a median age of 52, and was the least affluent among those surveyed.