By the end of 2010 and for the first time ever, more people got their news from the Internet than from newspapers. So says the Poynter Institute in a landmark of American journalism research. And, as a logical consequence, more advertising dollars went to online outlets than to newspapers, a trend that newspapers have been aware of for several years. The world continues to change as the Internet takes a more central role in our lives by the day.

In recent surveys, 34% of respondents said they got news online within the past 24 hours, as opposed to 31% who favored newspapers.  A full 41% said they got most of their news online, 10% more than those who said they got most of their news from a newspaper.

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