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Newsroom spending for cable TV (Fox News, CNN and MSNBC)


Total newsroom spending (in U.S. dollars)
YearCNNFox NewsMSNBC
2006566,300,000472,500,000186,500,000
2007590,300,000521,400,000191,700,000
2008616,900,000582,100,000218,500,000
2009584,300,000641,700,000197,500,000
2010615,100,000686,100,000224,500,000
2011651,000,000739,900,000258,800,000
2012677,100,000806,200,000267,300,000
2013751,000,000801,300,000276,600,000
2014805,000,000832,100,000319,400,000
2015777,100,000903,200,000304,300,000
2016836,400,000981,100,000357,100,000
2017886,200,0001,053,600,000425,800,000
2018924,900,0001,099,800,000534,200,000
2019948,100,0001,136,900,000463,500,000
2020950,900,0001,094,000,000476,700,000

Note: Numbers are estimates and projections prepared by Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, and often are revised annually, even for previous years. Displayed numbers indicate most recent updates. Beginning in 2017, Kagan’s network economics methodology accounts for subscribers and revenue from virtual multichannel services.

Source: Estimates and projections by Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence.nn

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