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Broadcast and cable networks

Viewers in thousands.

            2016   2015   % change

CBS         8814   9421   -6
NBC         8426   7801    8
ABC         6325   6889   -8
Fox         5053   5247   -4
Fox News    2475   1826   36    Fox News Channel
Univision   1933   2539  -24
ESPN        1912   2148  -11
The CW      1759   1762    0
USA Network 1681   1821   -8
TBS         1586   1800  -12
HGTV        1583   1502    5
TNT         1551   1724  -10
Telemundo   1505   1444    4
Discovery   1402   1553  -10
History     1333   1491  -11
Disney      1316   1715  -23
CNN         1298    732   77
AMC         1256   1376   -9
MSNBC       1113    596   87
Data
Cable anchors

Average viewership in millions from the Nielsen ratings.

                       2017 2014 2006 2002

Fox    O'Reilly Factor  4.0  2.7  2.1  2.0
Fox    Tucker Carlson   3.2
Fox    Kelly File       3.1  2.2
Fox    Hannity          2.8  1.5  1.5  1.3
MSNBC  Rachel Maddow    2.4   .8
Fox    Judge Jeanine    2.3  1.1
Fox    Watters' World   2.2
MSNBC  Larry O'Donnell  1.9   .6
Fox    Greg Gutfeld     1.7
MSNBC  Chris Hayes      1.6   .6
Fox    Huckabee              1.2
MSNBC  Special Coverage      1.2
CNN    John Walsh             .7
Fox    Van Susteren               1.3   .9
CNN    Larry King                  .9  1.3
Fox    John Kasich                 .8
Fox    The Line Up                 .7
CNN    Anderson Cooper             .8
Fox    Oliver North                .8
Fox    The Big Story               .7
CNN    Aaron Brown                      .8
CNN    Connie Chung                     .8
Fox    Geraldo                          .7

Evening news
     Fox         MSNBC         CNN       NBC    ABC    CBS

  5  Bolling     Todd          Blitzer
  6  Baier       Van Susteren  Blitzer   Holt   Muir   Pelley
  7  MacCallum   Matthews      Burnett
  8  Carlson     Hayes         Cooper
  9  The Five    Maddow        Tapper
 10  Hannity     O'Donnell     Lemon
 11  Carlson     Hayes         Lemon
 12  The Five    Maddow        Cooper

Evening news
                                          Total    Age 25-54

NBC Nightly News         Lester Holt     9104000    2230000
ABC World News Tonight   David Muir      9032000    1992000
CBS Evening News         Scott Pelley    7290000    1580000
Data for the week of January 30, 2017
Articles
             Stories  Facebook  Twitter
                      shares    shares

Breitbart     3041    8112163   958850
Huffington    3961    6687637   656360
thehill.com   3246    4853590   619700
cnn.com        732    3383718   860790
The Guardian  1494    2692988   608840
Wash. Post    1681    2769981   519920
politico.com  1257    2610242   550120
wsj.com       4955    2225624   757460
dailykos.com  7299    2284769   187490
NBC            938    2177293   210310
Data for May-June 2016. Source: Breitbart.
News sources

Percentage of people who get their news about politics and government during 1 survey week.

         Millenials  Gen X  Baby boomer
              %        %       %

Facebook     61       51      39
CNN          44       45      43
Local TV     37       46      60
Google News  33
ABC News     32       32      44
Fox News     30       36      47
NBC News     27       35      47
Yahoo News   27       25
MSNBC        22       27      33
CBS News     19       27      39
NPR                   21      22
PBS                           26
Survey conducted from March 19 - April 29, 2014. Source: Journalism.org.
Top external referrerrs

                 %
Google search   42
Facebook        26
Twitter          2.5
Drudge Report    1.0
Yahoo             .72
Pinterest         .69
Google News       .52
LinkedIn          .23
Instagram         .22
Reddit            .20

Ownership

Newscorp    Fox, WSJ, National Geographic
Google      Youtube, Doubleclick, Android Inc., Panoramio, eBook, Motorola Mobility, Waze
AOL+TW      CNN, HBO, WB, TBS, TNT, the CW, Huffington Post
Comcast     NBC, MSNBC, Universal Pictures, Telemundo
Facebook    Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Oculus VR
Twitter     Vine, Periscope
Amazon      Washington Post
Disney      ABC, ESPN, Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm, SEC Network, Longhorn Network
Viacom      CBS, MTV, VH1, BET
Independent: New York Times, Breitbart.
Social media

            Millions of active users

Facebook    2047
Youtube     1500
WhatsApp    1200
FB Message  1200
WeChat       938
QQ           861
Instagram    700
QZone        638
Tumblr       357
Twitter      328
Sina Weibo   313
Baidu Tieba  300
Skype        300
Viber        260
Snapchat     255
LINE         214
Pintarest    175
Data
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