Pew Research Center

FOR RELEASE MARCH 19, 2007

State of the News Media 2007: Cable TV

Cable TV news is maturing. The medium that changed journalism at the end of the last century is no longer a new technology, with all the growth, experimentation, controversy and sense of zeitgeist that entails.

BY Pew Research Center: Journalism & Media staff

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State of the News Media 2007: Cable TV

Cable TV news is maturing. The medium that changed journalism at the end of the last century is no longer a new technology, with all the growth, experimentation, controversy and sense of zeitgeist that entails.