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About Time! Internet to become most popular news platform as use of smartphones and electronic tablets grows

Internet to become most popular news platform as use of smartphones and electronic tablets grows | Mail Online

nternet will soon be top choice to get news in America as it overtakes newspapers for first time

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER March 14, 2011

  • Electronic tablets are fastest-growing new digital technology
  • Percentage of people who get news online at least three times a week has surpassed newspapers for first time

The rapid growth of smartphones and electronic tablets is making the internet favourite for people seeking news, a report released today said.

News consumption online increased 17 per cent last year from the year before, the project said in its eighth annual State of the News Media survey.

Meanwhile, US local, network and cable television news, newspapers, radio and magazines all lost audience last year, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, a research organisation that evaluates and studies the performance of the press.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366052/Internet-popular-news-platform-use-smartphones-electronic-tablets-grows.html#ixzz1GcB820gl

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