Telecommunications & Media
Portal news fades as YouTube, short-form rise; newspaper readership hits record low
South Koreans are gradually moving their news consumption from internet portals to video platforms, a survey showed. Portal news use over the past week fell to 66.5 percent, the lowest since it was first tracked in 2017. Online video platform news use surged to 30.0 percent, with YouTube accounting for 92.2 percent. Short-form news use nearly doubled. TV news use rebounded to 81.4 percent, while newspaper readership fell to a record low 8.4 percent.
