Media and Information: BLS Spotlight on Statistics

Consumer Prices

Media-related Consumer Price Indexes, 1998–2012
Year	All items	Personal computers and peripheral equipment	Computer software and accessories	Internet services and electronic information providers	Televisions	Audio equipment
1998	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1999	102.2	68.4	92.6	90.0	92.7	95.9
2000	105.6	52.6	89.4	94.0	84.3	94.1
2001	108.7	37.7	82.8	95.7	75.7	90.6
2002	110.4	28.4	77.5	96.5	67.7	86.2
2003	112.9	22.5	70.6	97.4	59.0	81.6
2004	115.9	19.6	65.3	95.0	50.7	77.5
2005	119.8	16.4	61.7	93.4	44.9	71.1
2006	123.7	13.8	58.0	90.0	37.7	67.3
2007	127.2	12.4	55.0	71.5	28.6	63.5
2008	132.1	10.8	53.0	72.1	23.6	60.5
2009	131.6	9.4	52.3	74.7	17.9	57.4
2010	133.8	8.7	48.6	75.1	13.5	55.6
2011	138.0	7.9	45.1	74.4	11.2	53.0
2012	140.9	7.1	42.9	74.6	9.2	49.3
NOTE: 1998 = 100.0

Media-related Consumer Price Indexes, 1998–2012
Year	Cable and satellite television and radio service	Video discs and other media, including rental of video and audio	Audio discs, tapes and other media	Newspapers and magazines	Recreational books	Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts
1998	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1999	103.8	95.7	101.5	102.4	98.5	105.3
2000	108.8	92.1	102.3	104.2	98.3	112.1
2001	113.5	88.4	106.8	106.3	99.5	116.2
2002	120.3	85.0	105.9	108.2	102.5	119.9
2003	126.2	81.4	108.5	110.4	101.7	126.1
2004	131.5	80.7	108.9	113.6	101.9	130.1
2005	135.4	79.7	109.9	116.6	101.5	134.3
2006	140.7	79.6	107.8	118.4	100.9	139.0
2007	143.3	79.1	105.7	119.6	101.7	144.5
2008	146.8	80.6	103.7	122.8	103.4	147.8
2009	149.9	80.8	99.1	130.7	104.4	150.1
2010	151.9	79.2	94.3	132.2	103.3	152.4
2011	154.6	81.6	91.9	133.7	100.9	153.9
2012	161.4	82.6	89.0	140.7	98.9	156.9
NOTE: 1998 = 100.0