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Most get News from Broadcasters
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 12:01am
[SOURCE: Harris Interactive]
Seventy-seven percent of U.S. adults watch local broadcast news, while 71 percent watch network news, compared to 18 percent who read a national newspaper. A Harris Interactive poll of 2,985 U.S. adults also found 64 percent get their news several times a week or daily by going online, while 63 percent read a local daily newspaper. Fifty-four percent listen to radio news broadcasts, 37 percent listen to talk radio and 19 percent listen to satellite news programming. Those age 59 and older are most likely to rely on local broadcast news, network broadcast or cable news, or a local daily newspaper several times a week or daily for news.
http://upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060225-110859-4086r
See also:
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3150498
* 61% get local news from newspapers (survey results from Outsell)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bal-bz.to.media28feb28,0,216161.sto...

