Few Americans Know Much About the News Industry’s Financial Struggles

Newspaper ad revenues continue to sink, but few Americans seem to be noticing, according to survey results released by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, as part of its “State of the News Media 2013″ study. Asked if they had heard about news organizations’ financial problems (not limited to newspapers), 36% of respondents said they had heard “nothing at all,” and an additional 24% said only “a little.” But a significant proportion have felt changes in the way news is reported. (more…)