March 27th, 2006
26% of dial-up Americans and 43% of broadband Americans read Internet news
57% of Americans with no Internet access get their daily news fix from local television. For those on dial-up, 26% read Internet news. The share goes up to 43% for those Americans who pay for broadband. Broadband Americans are less likely to subscribe to a local paper than their dial-up counterparts, but more likely to subscribe to a national paper than dial-up Americans.
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Where Americans get their daily news |
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| Medium | All | No Internet | Dial-up | Broadband |
| Local TV | 59% | 57% | 65% | 57% |
| National TV | 47 | 43 | 50 | 49 |
| Radio | 44 | 34 | 52 | 49 |
| Local paper | 38 | 37 | 41 | 38 |
| Internet | 23 | 0 | 26 | 43 |
| National paper | 12 | 8 | 12 | 17 |
| Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project | ||||
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