The Pew Research Journalism Project released its report of the state of the nation’s news. Part of the in-depth analysis looks at the changing revenue picture of the journalism industry, with this interesting paragraph: “As an industry, news in the U.S. generates roughly $63 billion to $65 billion in annual revenue, according to Pew Research analysis of official filings, projections by financial firms and self-reported data.1 While admittedly an estimate, the figure provides a sense of scale: The global video game industry takes in about $93 billion a year. Starbucks reported $15 billion in 2013 revenues and Google alone generated $58 billion that year.”
