The news cycle used to be a television broadcast at 6pm or the morning news paper. But now we live in a world where the news can be updated as it happens in the palm of your hand. The news today is delievered differently. It is geared for the on the go person as well as the television broadcast. We also see the once popular newspaper struggle because of the rise of the 24/7 news cycle as well as the tablet. The proportion of Americans who read news on a printed page like newspapers and magazines continues to decline, even as online readership has offset some of these losses. Just 23% say they read a print newspaper yesterday, down only slightly since 2010, but off by about half since 2000.
In an article by PeoplePress, CNN television viewership is down. Among individual cable news outlets, CNN’s regular audience has declined since 2008. Four years ago, nearly a quarter of Americans said they regularly watched CNN; that has fallen to 16% in the new survey.Regular viewership for both Fox News and MSNBC has not changed much in recent years.About one-in-five Americans say they regularly watch Fox News, while about half as many say they regularly watch MSNBC.
There is no doubt the news is changing. Can the news outlets adapt? If they don't, it seems like they no longer exist.