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.
| | Source: Kagan Research LLC, a division of Jupiter Kagan Inc. , Date Posted: March 12, 2007 | | Comparing profits of the three cable news channels, 1997 to 2006 |
| | Source: Kagan Research LLC, a division of Jupiter Kagan Inc. , Date Posted: March 12, 2007 | | Comparing the expenses that go into newsgathering at the three cable news channels. Trends from 1997 to 2006 |
| | Source: Kagan Research LLC, a division of Jupiter Kagan Inc. , Date Posted: March 12, 2007 | | Comparing the revenues and expenses of three cable news channels in 2006. |
| | Source: Kagan Research, Date Posted: March 12, 2007 | | Number of people who subscribe to the three cable news channels, 1989 - 2007 |
| | Source: Nielsen Media Research, used under license, Date Posted: March 12, 2007 | | How does cable news compare to the network newscasts? Trends from 1997 to 2006 |
| | Source: BIAfn Media Access Pro, unpublished data, Date Posted: March 12, 2007 | | Clear Channel dominates the landscape in radio, owning nearly three times as many stations as its closest rival. But the big growth in consolidation in radio that marked the 1990s has slowed down since 2000. |
| | Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations, annual audit reports and publisher’s statements, Date Posted: March 12, 2007 |
All three of the major news weeklies have struggled to keep readers in recent years. But the relative position of the three has remained the same.
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| | Source: Audit Bureau of Circulation, annual audit reports and publisher’s statements, Date Posted: March 12, 2007 |
At least in recent years, there appears to be a striking inverse relationship between the presidency and opinion magazines. The conservative National Review thrived during the Clinton presidency while the Bush years have proved a boon to the liberal Nation.
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| | Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations, annual audit reports & publisher’s statements, Date Posted: March 12, 2007 |
While Time, Newsweek and U.S. News have struggled to keep readers, non-traditional news weeklies have thrived. The New Yorker, for instance, grew by nearly 200,000 copies between 1997 and 2004.
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| | Source: Kagan Research LLC, a division of Jupiter Kagan Inc. , Date Posted: March 12, 2007 | | What is CNN earning and what are its costs? Trends from 1998 to 2006 |
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