While traditional media groups continue to announce cutbacks and layoffs, a Gallup update on go-to news sources for Americans offers little in the way of hope. According to a recent poll, only cable and Internet news have shown significant gains in popularity since 2006, while all other media are stable or declining.

For the first time since Gallup began asking this question in 1995, significantly more Americans say they turn to cable news networks daily than say they turn to nightly network news programs. That said, however, the popularity of the network news programs has remained fairly stable compared with recent years.

The Internet has shown the biggest increase in popularity as a news source, with 31% of Americans now saying it is a daily news source. This represents a nearly 50% increase since 2006 and a more than 100% increase from 2002. Use of the Internet as a news source has increased each time Gallup has asked about it, beginning in 1995.

Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy filing last year is a sign of continuing distress for the nation's newspapers, which have, in recent years, struggled to stay afloat in the midst of declining readership and dwindling advertising dollars.

The decline in popularity for weekly magazines like Newsweek, which announced layoffs last week, marks a steep drop-off from 2006 and an all-time Gallup low.

In already-tough times for the news organizations, there are few signs that things will get easier anytime soon. Only cable and Internet news sources appear to be growing their audiences in any measurable way.