Net overtakes print - but print is holding up well

The time spent by European consumers online has overtaken the hours they devote to newspapers and magazines, according to a new study. But the Jupiter Research survey of more than 5,000 people in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain also reveals that the growth of new media is expanding total media consumption rather than simply cannibalising print and television. Print consumption has remained static at three hours a week in the past two years while time spent online has doubled from two to four hours. Viewers are also spending more time watching television, up from 10 hours to 12 a week. The FT writer Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson finds comfort in the survey results. (Via Financial Times)