---
title: "Cable: CNN Ends Its Ratings Slide, Fox Falls Again"
description: "After a year of declining revenues in 2009, followed by a year of declining ratings in 2010, cable outlets found some relief in the extraordinary news year of 2011. It was a relief, however, that could not answer the looming long-range audience challenges."
date: "2012-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "Jesse Holcomb"
    job_title: "Former Associate Director"
    link: "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/jesse-holcomb/"
  - name: "Amy Mitchell"
    job_title: "Former Director, Journalism Research"
    link: "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/amy-mitchell/"
  - name: "Tom Rosenstiel"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/journalism/2012/03/19/cable-cnn-ends-its-ratings-slide-fox-falls-again/"
categories:
  - "State of the News Media (Project)"
---

# Cable: CNN Ends Its Ratings Slide, Fox Falls Again