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| | Source: Hall's Media Research, unpublished data, Date Posted: March 15, 2005 | | News magazines are getting smaller. The journals had roughly 16,000 pages in 1990. By 2004, they contained less than 7,000 over the course of the year. |
| | Source: Kirk Whisler & Latino Print Network, Carlsbad, CA, Date Posted: March 15, 2005 | | The number of Spanish language newspapers in the country has grown from just over 200 in 1970 to roughly 700 in 2004. |
| | Source: MediaMark Research, "Magazine Audience Estimates", Date Posted: March 14, 2005 | | An estimated 170 million Americans read pop culture and entertainment magazines, while roughly 65 million read those news magazines. |
| | Source: Data for commercial broadcast and cable networks is Nielsen Research data as published in The Los Angeles Times on October 2, 2004, October 12, 2004, and October 18, 2004. PBS estimated audience numbers based on data provided to PEJ., Date Posted: March 13, 2005 | | An average of 52 million Americans watched the presidential debates in 2004, though that doesn’t include C-Span. NBC was the ratings leader in debate coverage. |
| | Source: PEJ research., Date Posted: March 13, 2005 | | The US was the dominant region receiving coverage in the Amsterdam News, with the local geographic area the focus of the bulk of the stories. |
| | Source: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, Date Posted: March 13, 2005 | | The percentage of Americans who say they regularly watch local TV news fell 22% from 1993 to 2004. |
| | Source: National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Date Posted: March 13, 2005 | | The majority of those working in Spanish language journalism make somewhere between $25,000 and $49,999. |
| | Source: New California Media/Bendixen & Associates, Public Opinion Survey of California Ethnic Groups About Criminal Justice Issues, January 2004, Date Posted: March 13, 2005 | | In contrast with other ethnic groups, the majority of Hispanics prefer to watch local TV news in their ancestral language. |
| | Source: New California Media/Bendixen & Associates, Public Opinion Survey of California Ethnic Groups About Criminal Justice Issues, Date Posted: March 13, 2005 | | Although Hispanics prefer to receive electronic media in Spanish, the majority report they would rather read newspapers in English. |
| | Source: New California Media/Bendixen & Associates, Public Opinion Survey of California Ethnic Groups About Criminal Justice Issues, Date Posted: March 13, 2005 | | In contrast with other ethnic groups, the majority of Hispanics prefer to listen to talk radio in their ancestral language. |
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