CNN and MSNBC combined audience dropped 40% year-on-year.

Mainstream media — including Hollywood — is in free fall.

Hollywood revenue is down nearly half since Covid. Three out of four newspaper journalists are gone.

CNN and MSNBC combined audience dropped 40% year-on-year. pic.twitter.com/TVdUBqEkKn

— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) August 4, 2025