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MANILA, Philippines — The latest Digital News Report on the Philippines suggests that many Filipinos are consuming less news overall, a data scientist said.

Released by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism this week, the report provided a look at the “profound transformation” of news consumption over the past six years.

Between 2020 and 2026, weekly television news use fell from 66 percent to 42 percent, newspaper readership declined from 22 percent to 10 percent, radio use dropped from 25 percent to 14 percent, and news website use fell from 60 percent to 42 percent.

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