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Almost 60% of US newspaper jobs vanish in 26 years

The Guardian UK
Employment statistics show the effects of the digital age on newsprint

Statistical confirmation from the United States adds to the points about the collapse of newspapers I made in two recent postings: “Suddenly, national newspapers are heading for that print cliff fall” and “Mass media is over”.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has issued data for media employment trends over the 26-year period from 1990 onwards. In other words, from the dawn of the internet age until now.
The stand-out figure is the one showing the steep decline in newspaper jobs, down from nearly 458,000 in 1990 to about 183,000 in March 2016, a fall of almost 60%.
Over the same period, employment in internet publishing and online broadcasting rose from about 30,000 to nearly 198,000. As you can see from the chart, internet-related work has enjoyed a noticeably rapid rise since 2008, when the job total was 80,000.

It has risen above newspaper employment and is heading towards the 240,000 total of people employed in film and video production (where jobs have increased by 162% over a quarter of a century).