The so-called decline in US newspapers, according to the graph, is a meaningless statistic in that it's self evident -- as we all know the majority of the population has moved from print to online news via phone or computer. Does the graph include online usage (I couldn't be arsed to wade through the fine print).
Just walking past the newsstand in my local store tells me the sale of newspapers has fallen off a cliff because once it was stacked high and now it never is. My grandchildren (in their 20s) have never in their lives bought a newspaper, and anecdotally they don't keep up with the news online very much (as DTJ confirms) because they simply aren't interested. I wonder if they only glimpse the corporate news now and then when they might catch the BBC or ITV bulletins. I shall have to grill them over the hols to see what they know of the genocide in Gaza.