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.

  • Cable News Profitability

    Comparing profits of the three cable news channels, 1997 to 2006
  • Cable News Programming Expenses

    Comparing the expenses that go into newsgathering at the three cable news channels. Trends from 1997 to 2006
  • Cable News Revenue and Expenses

    Comparing the revenues and expenses of three cable news channels in 2006.
  • Cable News Subscribers by Channel

    Number of people who subscribe to the three cable news channels, 1989 - 2007
  • Cable News vs. Network News Viewership

    How does cable news compare to the network newscasts? Trends from 1997 to 2006
  • Change in Stations Owned by the Top Companies: 1999 - 2005

    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.

  • Circulation Among the Big Three News Magazines: 1988 - 2006

    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. 

  • Circulation of Leading Opinion Magazines: 1988 - 2006

    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.

  • Circulation of Non-Traditional News Magazines - 1988 - 2006

    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. 

  • CNN Costs and Revenues

    What is CNN earning and what are its costs? Trends from 1998 to 2006