Taking America's Pulse on the Death of the Newspaper Industry

By U.S. News Staff

May 14, 2009 RSS Feed Print
  • 65: Percentage of American adults who think daily papers won't exist in 10 years
  • 17: Percentage of adults who think daily papers won't exist in three years
  • 83: Percentage of Americans between 18 and 29 who think newspapers have less than 10 years left
  • 22: Percentage of Americans who said they "will miss nothing" about daily papers when they're gone
  • 56: Percentage who buy a newspaper once a week or less
  • 37: Percentage who never or rarely buy a print version of their local newspaper

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Sources: Rasmussen

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