The New Cost of Information

by Steven Davies on Jul 8, 2013 | Views: 110 | Score: 0

	Newspapers and magazines	Internet access
1999	97	49
2000	88	61
2001	84	90
2002	81	107
2003	73	124
2004	74	139
2005	68	158
2006	63	178
2007	62	197
2008	60	222
2009	58	256
2010	53	286
2011	52	321

Average annual spending per consumer unit ($)

Sources: bls.gov, bls.gov

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Steven Davies on Jul 8, 2013 6:11 AM said:

Average U.S. annual spending per consumer unit for internet access officially surpassed spending for newspapers and magazines in 2001. The spending per consumer unit (including consumers that do not buy internet access) for internet access increased over 500% from 1999 to 2011, while average spending on newspapers and magazines decreased by 46%.