The survey suggests that while the internet has gained more of a foothold among the younger generation, traditional news sources still dominate.
In the UK, where there was a sample size of 1,010, more than half (52%) the participants cited TV as their main source of news, followed by newspapers with 24%. Some 15% of respondents said radio was their news source of choice, while only 8% preferred the internet and 1% did not know.
The survey of 3,000 people aged 18 to 65-plus from the UK, US, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands, forms part of a KPMG report called The Impact of Digitalisation - a generation apart.
In the UK, TV was the most popular preferred source of news for 35 to 44-year-olds, with 62% choosing it as their preferred medium.
Respondents from Generation Y - 18 to 24-year-olds - were most likely of all the age groups to get their news from the internet, with 26% citing it as their main source. This compared with 18% of 25 to 35-year-olds, 7% of 35 to 44-year-olds, 2% of 55 to 64-year-olds and just 1% of the over-65s.
The core audience for newspapers is now the over-35s; on average, one in four UK respondents in this sector use newspapers as their primary news source, with only 3% preferring the internet.
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