Digital is not rescuing troubled US newspapers

A woman reads The New York Times on her computer on June 15, 2016 in Washington,DC. The grim news for newspapers: digital is doing little to rescue them from their deepening woes. Reeling from weak circulation and ad revenue, the traditional newspaper world faces an ugly picture while social media and tech firms benefit from the shift to digital, a Pew Research Center study released on Wednesday found. / AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER

WASHINGTON: The grim news for newspapers: digital is doing little to rescue them from their deepening woes. 

Reeling from weak circulation and ad revenue, the traditional newspaper world faces an ugly picture while social media and tech firms benefit from the shift to digital, a Pew Research Centre study released on June 15 found.