For Americans aged 18-29, the internet and TV are now just as important as main sources for national and international news, a Pew survey finds. 59 percent of respondents chose these alternatives, while 28 percent cited newspapers as most important news source. In Sept 2007, 34 percent chose the internet (tip: Spiegel Online).

Among all age groups, the internet has overtaken newspapers for the first time (see chart).

The rise of the Net is of course the big tendency here, but newspapers holding their own or even gaining since September 2007 is also interesting to note. See the full report (pdf).

Related: A study of German web habits.

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Also new from Pew: A future of the internet study among internet leaders, activists and analysts.