Numbers: Our Data Library

This library contains all data PEJ creates or collects about the news media. The selections below will appear as charts you can customize. Use the menus on the left to filter the data according to your interests.

  • Average Station Revenue of Top Companies

    What the average station earns for the top 10 local TV companies, 1995 - 2005
  • Average Station Revenue: 1995 - 2005

    Revenue earned by local TV stations that produce news, from 1995 to 2005
  • Average TV Station Revenue Produced by News: 1998 - 2005

    Percentage of Local Station Revenue that is contributed by News - 1998 to 2005
  • Cable News Believability

    How much does the public trust CNN, Fox News and MSNBC? Survey trends from 1985 to 2006
  • Cable News Believability, by Political Leaning

    Is there a difference between what Democrats and Republicans think of cable news?
  • Cable News Daytime Audience: Median and Mean

    How has the audience for cable news changed during daytime? Mean and Median trends from 1998 to 2006
  • Cable News Daytime Median Audience

    Number of people watching the three cable news channels during the day, from 1998 to 2006
  • Cable News Monthly Revenue per Subscriber

    How much each cable news channel earns per subscriber. Trends from 1998 to 2006
  • Cable News Prime Time Median Audience

    Number of people watching the three cable news channels at prime time, from 1998 to 2006
  • Cable News Prime Time Median Audience Growth

    Comparing the growth, or lack of, in audience of three cable news channels at prime time, from 1998 to 2006