Gains at big US newspapers mask slump in sector: study

Just Pinned to Domestic and Global News: The Pew Research Center's annual "state of the news media" report finds that despite boosts to overall US newspaper circulation due to the 2016 election the revenue trends remain on a downward slump (AFP Photo/YURI GRIPAS) More Washington (AFP) - The US newspaper industry remains mired in a slump despite gains in digital subscriptions at some of the big dailies a study showed Thursday. As the newspaper sector sinks cable television news is showing strong gains fueled by interest in the US presidential election and the new Trump administration according to the Pew Research Center's annual "state of the news media" report. The total US daily newspaper circulation including print and digital fell eight percent in 2016 for both weekday and Sunday editions to 35 million and 38 million respectively the study estimates. Weekday print circulation decreased 10 percent and Sunday newspaper readership fell nine percent. Although Pew said digital circulation is more difficult to gauge it estimated trends to be fairly flat with weekday down one percent and Sunday up one percent. "Following last year's presidential election some major US newspapers reporte
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