Digital Takeover: Online News Overtakes TV

Online websites have now cemented their position as the nation's No. 1 source of news, overtaking television and practically burying print publications six feet under as younger Americans embrace digital platforms.

The Washington Examiner reports the latest evidence comes from the circulation report on the nation's top 125 magazines that found a six-month drop of 11.4 percent this year following a 14.2 percent drop in the last six months of 2014.

The biannual Alliance for Audited Media found that "total paid circulation" for 86 of 125 top magazines, or 71 percent, saw circulation drop.

The decline comes as digital news sources have gained in popularity and are now tops in the United States, and not just among younger users.

The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2015 found that 43 percent of Americans tapped online sources as their "main source of news" compared to 40 percent for TV, which for decades was the top news source in the nation.

It also found that "printed newspapers" are at their lowest point for being a news source, even below social media websites.