Americans Consume Media in Record Numbers Because of Online

The business of media may be struggling, but there’s plenty of customers.

According to a new Pew Research study released yesterday, Americans are spending more time watching, reading or listening to the news. But, interestingly, more and more people are getting the news via online sources, which propelled the number of average minutes a person consumes the news up to 70 minutes a day, a level not seen since the 1990s.

Online consumption jumped to 13 minutes a day on average, while radio, television and newspaper consumption stood at 57 minutes combined, per day.

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